PVL's projects
Mais en gras vormen de basis van het rantsoen van melkvee. Het is dan ook logisch dat dit de twee hoofdteelten zijn van een melkveebedrijf. Ondanks de doorgedreven praktijkkennis over de voordelen van vruchtwisseling bij de praktijkcentra, de sturende wetgeving (3e teelt) en sensibilisering (o.a. demoproject 2019-06 J-principe van vruchtwisseling bij mais), bleven veel melkveehouders […]
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This innovative project addresses climate change and the transition to a circular, sustainable economy. The focus is on hemp fibre as a promising raw material in the 'fibre' category. Hemp, a crop with minimal environmental impact, is not only used for non-food purposes, but also offers solutions to environmental problems such as PFAS/PFOS pollution. The project aims to embed
PigID - Info about the project Pig farmers face many challenges today: low margins, rising costs, stricter rules around the environment and antibiotic use, as well as higher expectations from consumers and customers. A data-driven approach, more focus on the individual animal and traceability can help cope. The PigID project, a collaboration between
The drought of recent years has caused great damage to agriculture. Climate models indicate that such periods of drought will become more frequent and more extreme in the future. Increasing (natural) water availability is important to make agriculture more resilient to drought. Placing weirs on parcel ditches has been used in many
Digistuw: Digital platform for aligned management of weirs and field ditches Read More »
Flemish and Dutch agriculture is facing several challenges, including declining profitability, growing farm size and high environmental pressure. In addition, a data revolution is taking place internationally towards smarter agriculture where data is generated via sensors in the soil, on the crop, on drones, etc. This data is then processed with algorithms and are exchangeable via
The river basin management plans aim for good surface and groundwater quality in order, among other things, to also successfully achieve a number of water-related nature goals in Flanders. The improvement of water quality in the agricultural area has stagnated in recent years. It is therefore important to continue to focus on quality improvement. The exceptional weather conditions have undoubtedly played a role
BESS: Business Advice Erf- en SiloSaps Read More »
Livestock farming, like all agriculture, is heavily dependent on water. It is therefore not surprising that climate change characterised, among other things, by longer droughts is also leading to water scarcity within livestock farming. While these problems of water scarcity are a challenge for the entire agriculture and horticulture sector, the challenge within the livestock sector is
WAVE: Water use in animal husbandry Read More »
Pig farming is a sector in dire straits. The constant pressure on the primary producer's margins makes it more and more necessary to maximise efficiency in order to achieve the highest possible returns at the lowest possible cost. In a fragmented, competitive sector, comparing performance is often
As part of the Blue Deal, the agriculture sector must improve its handling of water. In agriculture, this means, on the one hand, better securing precipitation water and, on the other, using the available water as efficiently as possible. However, the increase in the presence of weeds in main crops, among other things, creates competition for water. Moreover, these
Automatic weed detection to optimise agricultural crops Read More »
A growing world population is increasing the demand for food and animal proteins. However, traditional meat production requires a lot of space and natural resources. Alternative, sustainable sources of protein, such as insects, can offer a solution. Also, by-products, which are currently hardly or not utilised, can serve as feed for breeding insects. Unlike conventional farm animals,
Opportunities of insects for sustainable food and circular food systems Read More »