News
On the road to sustainable dairy farming
The R4D (Resilience For Dairy) project is one of the most recent initiatives supported by the European Union in the dairy cattle sector.
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.
New booklet: Cattle breeding in organic agriculture: food autonomy
Supplementing the collection of booklets published on protein crops, pork and poultry in organic farming (OF), this new publication addresses a complex current subject: food autonomy...
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.
Feedback of a partner of the CRA-W
Chemometric Brain and CRA-W, an essential alliance to apply chemometrics in food quality control
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.
Durum wheat, an opportunity to diversify our major crops?
Changes in the climate (fewer cold winters, spring and summer droughts) provide an opportunity for Walloon farmers to diversify their production by turning to new crops.
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...
Brochures and folders
Our technical publications, our thematic documents