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ILVO BLOGS from the Experimental Platform for Agroecology in Hansbeke: Mulching against weeds and dryness
By applying mulch to your soil, can you reduce or prevent drought stress in your crops?
ILVO BLOGS from the Experimental Platform for Agroecology in Hansbeke: How to sow through mulch
First mulching, then sowing, it doesn't get much neater than that! At the Experimental Platform for Agroecology in Hansbeke, we tested two overseeding machines on June 2, 2021.
Potential of innovative (mixed) crops and cultivation techniques shown at second PPAE demo day in Hansbeke
After one year of experimenting with agro-ecological cultivation measures, the partners of the Pilot Platform Agro-ecology Hansbeke showed the first interesting results on the 50 ha site. Trials with ...
European agricultural soils on the road to climate smart and sustainable management. Findings after one year of EJP SOIL in Flanders.
Our soils provide us with not only food, but also a wide range of ecosystem services such as carbon storage and water storage. Due in part to the changing climate and intensive soil management, severa...
ILVO BLOGS from the Experimental Platform for Agroecology in Hansbeke: Successful mechanical weeding in a mixed crop
Op 3 mei 2021 werd op het Proefplatform Agro-Ecologie Hansbeke (PPAE Hansbeke) een mengcultuur brouwgerst-erwt met de precisiewiedeg van Treffler bewerkt.
Winner of organic agriculture and agroecology thesis award: student develops robot for labor-intensive tasks on small-scale farms together with farmers
UGent student Rembrandt Perneel won, with the development of a (semi) autonomous, modular robotic platform that can be used for weed control on small-scale farms and thus play a supporting role in per...
ILVO BLOGS from the Experimental Platform for Agroecology in Hansbeke: Temporary grassland destroyed with minimal tillage
On July 30, 2020, at the Agroecology Trial Platform in Hansbeke (PPAE Hansbeke) four techniques were applied on one plot to destroy temporary grassland with minimal tillage.
ILVO BLOGS from the Experimental Platform for Agroecology in Hansbeke: Making farm compost with the three of us
On May 7, 2020, we started setting up two composting lines at the Agroecology Hansbeke Trial Platform. Both composition and machine selection proved to be important.