Projects

The countryside can be described as ‘rural area’ or the area where villages, fields, arable land, pastures and nature alternate. Today, the agricultural sector is still the main actor in the open space. However, to continue preserving the biodiversity that makes the countryside its own, a sustainable working methodology is extremely important. That biodiversity is

Despite numerous projects and initiatives on soil carbon building, carbon content on arable plots in Flanders remains stagnant or even decreasing. This is also true for arable land in the LEADER region of Maasland. Yet a good carbon content is crucial for healthy soil, stable yields and sustainable farming. With the Carbon Guide project, we want to

A climate full of extremes Climate change has put increasing pressure on Flemish agriculture in recent years. Prolonged droughts, heat waves and unpredictable precipitation lead to yield losses and quality problems. Especially in northern Limburg, with its light sandy soils and high concentration of livestock farming, this translates into increased drought stress for crops. Although groundwater levels in parts of

Globalisation offers numerous benefits, but also brings challenges. Intensive transport and multiple logistical movements increase the risk of spreading diseases and exotic animal and plant species. In agricultural and rural areas, this leads to the introduction of invasive species that, often without effective prevention or control, proliferate greatly and reduce native biodiversity

There are many advantages to using circular fertilisers. Not only are they cheap, but they also contribute to the circularity of the sector. Growers, meanwhile, are also convinced by the application of these products, but still identify one major problem for their implementation on their farms: the logistics of the products. By

This project aims to support dairy farmers in making the right choice regarding different aspects of forage harvesting of grass, including grass clover and productive grass herbs, with a focus on nutrient management. This will be done through monitoring and measuring the gross nitrogen efficiency of plots with known differences in fertilisation, mowing frequency, grass mixtures, and so on. In addition, farm-level