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This project has provided valuable practical experience for three organic pig farmers and two major Flemish retailers and their meat processors in raising and marketing uncastrated boars. For the retailers, this aligns with the public demand for alternatives to castration.
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Controlling weeds within the crop row in vegetable production remains challenging and often requires a high level of manual labour. In the I-ROWeed project, we investigated two novel techniques to address this issue: GPS-guided intra-row hoeing and abrasive weeding using fine particles.
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There is growing interest in the local cultivation of baking wheat. Winter wheat has a wider seeding window than spring wheat and higher yield potential. Depending on the buyer, baking wheat requires a protein content of at least 11.5-12 % and a sedimentation value of at least 30-35 ml.
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This project was launched in response to the upcoming ban on popular plant‑based commercial fertilizers such as OPF (11‑0‑5).
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The pest monitoring and alert service in organic vegetables supports organic growers in monitoring diseases and pests according to IPM principles. To this end, Inagro, PSKW and Viaverda carry out field observations on organic farms and send a biweekly warning bulletin.
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This project primarily aimed to explore the general potential of sunflowers as silage for dairy cattle, and their effect on milk fat content. In this context, we mainly focused on sunflowers as a main crop for roughage.
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This study confirmed that E. pyri is present in black-silvery spots on Natyra® apples.
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Poultry Red Mite (PRM) is the most damaging ectoparasite in poultry. According to estimates, over 90% of Belgian layer farms are infested. But the presence of PRM is not only limited to commercial layer farms: the parasite is ubiquitous in Europe.
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The gooseberry sawfly (Nematus ribesii) is a persistent pest in organic small fruit production and can completely defoliate bushes (currant, gooseberry, jostaberry) in a short period of time.
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A contribution to the Flemish Protein strategy by strengthing and perpetuating the collaboration between organic farmers of Biograno and organic processor of La vie est belle: that is the aim of the Tweespan project.
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All livestock farms are required to make efforts to achieve the targeted reductions in ammonia emissions in Flanders.
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The EU has set a target of reaching at least 25% organic farmland by 2030, which requires a tripling of the current organic area and the entry of 700,000 new farmers into the organic sector.
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In mechanical weed control, we typically think of spring and summer. However, there are many weeds that grow almost year-round. Chickweed and annual meadow grass are a couple of examples.
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Organic laying poultry farming needs better worm control. The aim of the INTEGRIWORM project is the integrated control of worm infections.
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Sustainable crop protection relies primarily on prevention and natural enemies for a natural biocontrol.
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This project focuses on organic growers of vegetables and/or flowers who use tunnels to extend their growing season and to bring them in the possibility to start selling earlier. The increased temperature and protection against frost create an ideal environment for aphids to reproduce rapidly.
Stimulating a biodiverse soil life by integrating green manure in the cultivation of organic flowers
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The organic flower sector is relatively young but growing rapidly. Flowers are cultivated from early spring until the first frost, with cultivation cycles following each other in quick succession, leading to intensive soil use.
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An certain amount of short chain companies have a small-scale branch of pig farming in addition to their main branch with vegetable cultivation. These companies are interested in the rotation of pigs on their plots in order to create more circularity.
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The target group of this project are organic dairy farmers. In organic dairy farming, it remains a challenge to get more protein from our own crops.