Research projects

Low carbon and energy efficient innovations for more climate neutral greenhouse horticulture

In progress ENERGLIK 01/03/2023 → 28/02/2026

ENERGLIK wants to show how climate-neutral greenhouse farming and economically profitable greenhouse farming can track together

Structured soil, climate-smart soil management

In progress SOILSTRUCT 01/01/2023 → 31/12/2025

How do adapted soil management practices, particularly mulching and reduced tillage, affect water evaporation, infiltration and retention, as an adaptation mechanism against extreme weather conditions

Cultivation infomation of alternative crops for the bioeconomy

In progress CEF 01/01/2023 → 31/12/2025

The Cropexplore for farmers project unlocks and strengthens technical agricultural knowledge around the (very) many atypical crops that farmers could grow in function of bioeconomic processing

Drone training for agriculture of the future

In progress DRONEXPERIENCE 01/01/2023 → 31/12/2023

The aim of DroneXperience is to set up 5 training courses within the theme of drones.

CIWI, Integration of a digital tool to optimize irrigation in the INERO and Care4Growing app

In progress CIWI 01/01/2023 → 31/12/2025

In drought periods irrigation is economically justified for some high value crops like vegetables and (early) potato.

SUPPORT for adopting IPM strategies

In progress SUPPORT 01/01/2023 → 31/12/2026

Improved acceptance of IPM (integrated pest management) by gardeners and farmers is the goal of the SUPPORT project.

Marketing and product quality as keys to success of marigold cultivation

In progress GOGO2.0 2021 01/12/2022 → 30/11/2024

Marigold cultivation, a relatively new venture, still has some remaining bottlenecks. These are addressed in GOGO2.0.

Development of crop-based survey tools for plants pests of fruit trees in the EU

In progress GP/EFSA/PLANTS/2022/05 23/11/2022 → 22/05/2024

With this project, ILVO is commissioned by EFSA (Plant Health monitoring) to prepare descriptive Pest Survey Cards for certain quarantine plant diseases and pests that can be specifically on fruit trees.

Lifting farm animal lives – laying the foundations for positive animal welfare

In progress LIFT 04/11/2022 → 03/11/2026

The main aims are to 1) define positive farm animal welfare and clarify its concepts, 2) identify valid approaches to assess positive animal welfare, ...