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PPILOW: a participatory project for the improvement of welfare in pigs

Walloon farmers, stakeholders in the sector and citizens have been consulted in connection with various courses of action and solutions concerning the welfare o

Towards a 100% robust organic potato crop

What varieties of potatoes should be used to reduce and eventually eliminate the use of copper as a protective agent against late blight?

Combining crops to meet agricultural challenges in organic farming

The SymBIOse project aims to seek technical innovations to enhance the cultivation of leguminous plants and increase their place in crop rotation,...

What about soil fertility in organic farming?

Conversion to organic farming leads to changes in farming practices that can affect the organic material content and biological functioning of soils. The CRA-W has been trying to find...

Experimental platforms for comparing cultivation systems

An ambitious CRA-W project that will provide solutions and answers to future agricultural challenges.

Perennial flower strips – a tool for improving pest control in fruit orchards

Partners of EcoOrchard european project edited this new technical leaflet in order to provide technical instruction for flower strip installation in orchards. The FiBL in Zwitzerland...

A new research and development project begins: MIX-ENABLE - sustainable organic mixed livestock farming

CRA-W takes a close look at the organic poultry sector

Since 2007 CRA-W has been involved in a technical and economic monitoring of organic chicken farms in collaboration with Wallonia’s poultry and rabbit sector association (FACW). The...