Theme
smart-farming

Satellites to assess the nitrogen status of potatoes
Sentinel-2 satellite and temperature data allow a good assessment of the nitrogen status of the potato crop at the plot scale.

Will we see weeding robots in the fields?
The CRA-W evaluates the possibilities of robotisation and automation of mechanical weed control. Are these technologies mature and suitable for vegetable farming in Wallonia?

Who does agricultural and environmental data belong to?
Cultivation, breeding, environment: 6 Walloon stakeholders have joined forces to define a framework for data protection and enhancement.

The CRA-W trials "spot-spraying" to target weeds
InnovEau, via precision agriculture, aims to limit the risk of groundwater contamination caused by plant protection products (PPP).

EO4AGRI prepares a European capacity for improving operational agriculture monitoring
The CRA-W is involved in the process of reflection on the improvement of agricultural monitoring capabilities of the European system for monitoring the Earth– “COPERNICUS”.

Stargate - TowardS an operaTionAl nitRoGen recommendation in potATo based on sEntinel-2
Following the BELCAM project, the STARGATE project aims to develop a methodology to determine the in-season potato nitrogen status using satellite images (Sentinel-2).

uavsoil - UAV borne spectrometers for high resolution soil and crop monitoring
The UAVsoil project (2017-2019) took place in a context of optimisation of agricultural management at field level through the use of images from sensors embedded on UAV to characterise...