News
![Beetphen](https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/09/beetphen_xl.jpg 1024w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/09/beetphen_xl.jpg 1024w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/09/beetphen_lg.jpg 750w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/09/beetphen_md.jpg 540w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/09/beetphen_sm.jpg 420w)
Sensors serving sugar beet health in breeding trials
For the Beetphen project, various sensors were tested by CRA-W and VITO, both on the ground and in the air, on the trials inoculated and set up by SES-VANDERHAVE, in order to assess...
![robot1](https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/09/robot1_xl.jpg 1024w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/09/robot1_xl.jpg 1024w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/09/robot1_lg.jpg 750w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/09/robot1_md.jpg 540w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/09/robot1_sm.jpg 420w)
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?
![cipac web1](https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/09/cipac_web1_xl.jpg 1024w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/09/cipac_web1_xl.jpg 1024w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/09/cipac_web1_lg.jpg 750w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/09/cipac_web1_md.jpg 540w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/09/cipac_web1_sm.jpg 420w)
10 years of fruitful collaboration with CIPAC
CRA-W is a key player in the international standardisation of pesticide analysis methods
![PROTECOW web](https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/09/protecow_web_xl.jpg 1024w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/09/protecow_web_xl.jpg 1024w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/09/protecow_web_lg.jpg 750w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/09/protecow_web_md.jpg 540w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/09/protecow_web_sm.jpg 420w)
PROTECOW - What lessons after 4 years of research?
For 4 years, the five partners of the INTERREG PROTECOW project have pooled their experience to achieve the objective of increasing nitrogen efficiency in dairy nutrition and profitability...
![openagro1](https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/06/openagro1_xl.png 1024w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/06/openagro1_xl.png 1024w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/06/openagro1_lg.png 750w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/06/openagro1_md.png 540w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/06/openagro1_sm.png 420w)
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.
![PhotoChemometricsBrain](https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/06/photochemometricsbrain_xl.jpg 1024w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/06/photochemometricsbrain_xl.jpg 1024w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/06/photochemometricsbrain_lg.jpg 750w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/06/photochemometricsbrain_md.jpg 540w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/06/photochemometricsbrain_sm.jpg 420w)
Feedback of a partner of the CRA-W
Chemometric Brain and CRA-W, an essential alliance to apply chemometrics in food quality control
![Fredo CtRAb](https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/06/fredo_ctrab_xl.png 1024w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/06/fredo_ctrab_xl.png 1024w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/06/fredo_ctrab_lg.png 750w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/06/fredo_ctrab_md.png 540w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/06/fredo_ctrab_sm.png 420w)
Identifying and responding to the needs of the organic farming sector
An internal tool has been set up as part of the Strategic Plan for the Development of Organic Agriculture (PSDAB) in Wallonia by 2020: FREDO.
![vache1](https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/06/vache1_xl.jpg 1024w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/06/vache1_xl.jpg 1024w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/06/vache1_lg.jpg 750w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/06/vache1_md.jpg 540w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/06/vache1_sm.jpg 420w)
Use of forage resources and autonomy, two complementary approaches to improving the sustainability of dairy farms
The analysis of 99 Walloon dairy farms shows that the efficient use of forage resources improves the economic results of the farm, while high autonomy has a greater effect on its environmental...
![agromet web1](https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/06/agromet_web1_xl.jpg 1024w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/06/agromet_web1_xl.jpg 1024w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/06/agromet_web1_lg.jpg 750w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/06/agromet_web1_md.jpg 540w,https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2021/06/agromet_web1_sm.jpg 420w)
The train that forecasts rain
Historically, farmers have worked with weather in mind. In order to help them, CRA-W is launching two new online platforms in support of the agricultural community: agromet.be and...
![Newsletter](https://www.cra.wallonie.be/uploads/2023/10/cereal.png)
Brochures and folders
Our technical publications, our thematic documents