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Smart farming
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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.
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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?
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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.
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The CRA-W trials "spot-spraying" to target weeds
InnovEau, via precision agriculture, aims to limit the risk of groundwater contamination caused by plant protection products (PPP).
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EO4AGRI prepares a European capacity for improving operational agriculture monitoring
The CRA-W is involved in the process of reflection on the improvement of agricultural monitoring capabilities of the European system for monitoring the Earth– “COPERNICUS”.
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Stargate - TowardS an operaTionAl nitRoGen recommendation in potATo based on sEntinel-2
Following the BELCAM project, the STARGATE project aims to develop a methodology to determine the in-season potato nitrogen status using satellite images (Sentinel-2).
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uavsoil - UAV borne spectrometers for high resolution soil and crop monitoring
The UAVsoil project (2017-2019) took place in a context of optimisation of agricultural management at field level through the use of images from sensors embedded on UAV to characterise...