Now that it is more often dry for long periods, we need to grow plants that can stand up to changing conditions. Farmers therefore sow the grains, corn or potatoes that performed best in recent, often dry, years. There are also new crops making their appearance in Flanders: quinoa and chickpea, for example. Can Flemish farmers simply switch to such a new crop from one year to the next?
How many and what gaseous emissions are released from agricultural soils in Flanders? Together with UGENT, Boerenbond, and Viaverda, ILVO wants to formulate an answer to this question, in order to be ...