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MERINOVA, les événements climatiques extrêmes facteurs d'innovation
Les changements climatiques sont devenus une réalité tangible touchant, à des niveaux divers, l'ensemble de la population mondiale et des écosystèmes. Ces changements s'accompagnent...
Le mildiou de la pomme de terre passe à table…
Si les premières étapes d’une infection sont déterminées par la qualité de la réponse immunitaire, le succès de la colonisation tissulaire est conditionné par l’accès aux ressources...
Le Strip-Till, à mi-chemin entre labour et semis direct.
Travailler le sol uniquement à l’emplacement de la future ligne de semis semble être un compromis intéressant pour les agriculteurs wallons.
New feeding strategies for super-efficient dairy cows
High nutritional quality milk can be compatible with a sustainable production method that gives the farmer a decent income and also manages environmental constraints.
Redevelopment of Wallonia’s industrial hemp industry
After several decades of neglect, industrial hemp growing is making a come-back in Wallonia, with a few hectares under cultivation since 2006. CRA-W is playing a part in this resurgence,...
Detecting heat in cows
To ensure profitability, a cow has to calve once a year. Each missed cycle impacts directly on the farmer’s income. Detecting heat in order to carry out insemination is therefore vital.
MERINOVA: extreme weather events as innovation factors
Climate change has become a tangible reality affecting all of the world’s population and ecosystems at different levels. These changes are also accompanied by increased occurrence...
Spotlight on potato late blight:
Whereas the initial stages of an infection are determined by the quality of the immune response, successful tissue invasion depends on access to the host’s nutritional resources.
Strip-till, half-way between ploughing and no-till
Tilling only where the crop will be sown looks like an attractive compromise for Wallonia’s farmers.