Projects

Het organische stofgehalte van de Vlaamse landbouwgronden vertoont een duidelijk dalende trend. Dit is negatief voor de bodemkwaliteit en de toekomstige opbrengstgarantie. Het afnemende organische stofgehalte is een trend die we nu reeds zo’n 30 jaar kunnen vaststellen. 30 jaar geleden is er ook een kentering gekomen in het bemestingsbeleid met de eerste nitraatrichtlijn in […]

The agricultural sector has historically been a fairly traditional one. Increasingly stringent operating conditions and the ever louder calls for greater sustainability, both economic and environmental, are creating opportunities for (technological) innovation. Specifically, Smart Farming (or precision farming) will support the farm manager in strategic decisions at farm level, but also at individual planting and

The organic matter content of Flemish agricultural soils shows a clearly declining trend. This is not only negative for soil quality and the associated yield guarantee into the future. It also shows that the agricultural sector is engaging in carbon degradation on its intensively cultivated soils. In times of increasing social interest in climate issues, this is not the signal

Seed fumigations are under pressure in several crops, including maize. The curtain already fell on Sonido and the use of Mesurol is on the wane. European re-registration is leading to fewer available resources. Common maize cultivation may look different in the future as the known protection against bird droppings, zipper needles

In both the Netherlands and Flanders, extensive manure surpluses are realised in animal husbandry every year. These manure surpluses are partly exported to neighbouring countries. At the same time, farmers in the Netherlands and Flanders have to purchase large quantities of expensive mineral fertilisers every year. The Interreg project 'NITROMAN' wants to investigate in the Flemish-Dutch border region whether mineral fertilisers can be extracted from available

This project deals with safeguarding the pollution of ground and surface water by chemicals originating from used plant protection products so that there are no risks for humans, animals and the environment. The general aim of the project is to improve the measured water quality of surface and groundwater. Keeping out point pollutants and the