Theme
climate
BELCAM, the satellite-based agricultural plot monitoring platform
The BELCAM webplatform provides a series of products obtained from satellite information to improve the management of agricultural plots.
Ways of producing pellets at a lower cost
Recent events have highlighted the issue of our dependence on fossil fuels. Is the increasing use of bioenergy a way to escape this dependence?
The state of walloon forests in the era of climate change
On a global scale, forests are being affected by increasingly noticeable changes in climate. What does this mean for the Walloon forests?
The CRA-W at the aid of miscanthus producers
The CRA-W is cultivating an in vitro crop of Miscanthus x giganteus. The different origins collected are cleaned up before comparison on agricultural land and marginal areas.
On the road to sustainable dairy farming
The R4D (Resilience For Dairy) project is one of the most recent initiatives supported by the European Union in the dairy cattle sector.
Durum wheat, an opportunity to diversify our major crops?
Changes in the climate (fewer cold winters, spring and summer droughts) provide an opportunity for Walloon farmers to diversify their production by turning to new crops.
Use of forage resources and autonomy, two complementary approaches to improving the sustainability of dairy farms
The analysis of 99 Walloon dairy farms shows that the efficient use of forage resources improves the economic results of the farm, while high autonomy has a greater effect on its environmental...
The train that forecasts rain
Historically, farmers have worked with weather in mind. In order to help them, CRA-W is launching two new online platforms in support of the agricultural community: agromet.be and...
DECiDE 2.0., a tool for the assessment of greenhouse gases, energy and ammonia on farms
Based on the life cycle analysis (LCA) approach, the DECiDE decision support tool, specific to Wallonia, offers an assessment of energy, greenhouse gases (GHG) and ammonia on farms.
