Short chain
The short chain is getting the wind in its sails, and global crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, are unexpected catalysts. Citizens are becoming increasingly involved in the food system and the rol...
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Quinoa
Together with the chain, ILVO shares its latest findings via cultivation demonstrations, open field days, and ‘Quilopedia’
Building a local chain
Business models
...deliver this value? What are the costs and benefits associated with this? All the links in the chain There are many links in the chain between Farm and Fork. In the long term, food syste...
Food: balanced and healthy
...s fibers, anti-oxidants, omega fatty acids, etc. The other links in the chain also play a crucial role, via harvest and storage and further processing to stabilize those primary raw materials. When...
Farmer stress and mental well-being
... example, to businesses setting up expansion activities, such as short-chain companies and CSA businesses. We see four forms of impact: 1) physical impact, 2) mental impact, 3) impact on work-life ...
Gut health
... of certain fibers on the gut microbiome and on the production of certain metabolites such as short-chain fatty acids? The research is still ongoing, but has already made clear that certain...
Ecosystem-oriented marine modeling and management
...gional partners, including the Flemish government, the federal public service of health, food chain safety and environment, the Ministry of the North Sea and the federal public service of the econo...
Food: Food safety
...on is paid to the detection and remediation of foodborne pathogens throughout the food production chain, This is the so-called farm-to-fork approach. Special attention is paid to zoonotic pathogens...
Connecting Humans in the Agrifood INdustry
General introductionThe CHAIN research project, with support from European Social Fund (ESF), examined the stumbling blocks for digitalization and data sharing for employees. Agri-food companies, ...
Evaluation of food quality throughout the vegetable processing chain
... of prepared vegetables of the highest possible quality. Research approachVeggieChain develops innovative processing strategies for vegetables, aiming to maximize the preservati...
Building a local chickpea processing chain
...rial inoculum, cultivation mechanization) and partly due to the lack of a local chickpea processing chain. A follow-up project to KIK-Love, the KIKET project works to build this local chain.Res...
Systemic Innovatinos for a zero waste supply chain
In the ZeroW project we want to tackle food losses throughout the chain by developing nine concrete innovative solutions.
Setting up a local, sustainable soybean value chain.
...p a mutually fair and transparent business model to enable a local, integral and long-lasting value chain for organic soy in Flanders. Research approachUnder LoCoSoy, we unite growers, proc...
Chain-wide initiative for plant-based protein in cold greenhouses in Flanders
...es and give practical advice based on our own study and cost-benefit analysis. Moreover, we support chain development by holding exploratory talks with several buyers and channels. An insight into ...
Levers and bottlenecks for growing, processing and consuming pulses (legumes) in Flanders
...at is desirable for health and the planet, and what is actually happening. The recovery project Peulchain, which subscribes to the Flemish protein strategy, aims for more legumes on our Flemish fie...
FIBRAXFUN : A Knowledge Base for Exploiting Novel Wheats Rich in Arabinoxylan Dietary Fibre throughout the Wheat Value Chain
Demonstration of circular biofertilisers and implementation of optimized fertiliser strategies and value chains in rural communities
...n the different regions.Relevance/ValorizationThe implementation of the technologies, value chains and business models must contribute to replacing 5 to 10% of the current mineral fertilize...
Short-chain marketing facilitates ON FARM research by ILVO
Win – win? Marianne Hubeau (ILVO researcher): "In the short chain you can find very different formulas and types of farms. The search for sustainable added value creation and viability sometim...
Workable work in increasingly digitalized agri-food chains
...a, has not missed this digital train. By making optimal use of data and sharing data throughout the chain, both upstream and downstream, processes can be optimized, existing products can be made sm...
PEUL-CHAIN aims to gain ground for legumes (pulses)
...tion and processing of legumes could also use a boost. That is why we focus on several links of the chain with PEUL-CHAIN: production, processing and consumption. In this way we want to stimulate s...
A value chain for maize straw in the bioeconomy of Flanders?
...t to biogas plants, and the production of cellulose sugars and bioethanol. To realize this, a value chain must be developed that organizes the production, harvesting, transportation and processing ...
Monitoring product quality of fruits and vegetables throughout the chain using hyperspectral measurements
The growing need for quality products has led stakeholders in the agri-food chain to look for reliable and cost-effective solutions for determining quality during different phases of cultivation, i.e....
It’s all about data! Opportunities in the agri-food value chain
...ctor. The industry 4.0 wave offers significant opportunities and challenges for the agri-food value chain. This is even more important in the current situation, as the industry and the primary sect...
Five million euros for acceleration of AI in robotics and the agrifood chain
...and accelerate the application of artificial intelligence and robotics in the agricultural and food chain in Flanders and Europe. This is good news for farms and their ecosystem ( (machine)...
Launch of 'DjustConnect': turntable for sharing data in the agri-food chain
.... Easier sharing of data is a benefit to the farmers themselves and to companies throughout the chain," say the founding agricultural cooperatives.
Plant-based proteins from farm to fork? Chain experiments deliver practical, tasty and promising results
...and protein crops show the way to the most feasible and further developable local vegetable protein chains. Chickpea, yellow pea and soy produced in Flanders have made it to the supermarket via cre...
Internet of Food and Farm 2020
...nce were applied and validated on a large scale and in real-life circumstances in the agro-food chain. Internet of Things (IoT) can for example be used to optimize the sustainability and quality of...
Fostering Precision Agriculture and Livestock Farming through secure access to large-scale HPC-enabled virtual industrial experimentation environment empowering scalable Big Data analytics
...and policy makers, to faster response times and improved decisions for companies and parties in the chain, and to the unlocking and more efficient use of available data in the chain. The solutions ...
Impact of Bacillus cereus endospore evolution on food safety and stability
...d ILVO) to investigate the potential impact of B. cereus endospore evolution in the food production chain on the molecular, population and industrial levels.Research approachThis project ha...
ERA-Net Cofund Food Systems and Climate
...climate change on agricultural and food markets and developing sustainable and resilient food value chains in the context of changing food needs and patterns (diets).FinancingEU Horizon2020...
Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) technologies to tackle greenhouse gas emissions from grazing cattle.
... systems?) on the total methane emission using life cycle analysis throughout the entire production chain up to the farm gate. Relevance/ValorizationThe Grastech project impacts the sustain...
Poultry and Pig Low-input and Organic production systems’ Welfare
... then developed. Through close interaction with livestock farmers and other links in the production chain, policy organizations, citizens and consumers, we promote the implementation of the innovat...
Optimal cultivation of protein crops for poultry feeding
...mixed with legumes, as an alternative source of protein for poultry? This question is answered in a chain perspective, within the OPTIPLUIM project. The aim is to look at cultivation, processing an...
Valorisation of algae for a better taste
...likes. ValgOrize tackles all these aspects in order to promote the development of the seaweed/algae chain in Europe. The goal is to give food producers information about the conditions in which the...
Sustainable cultivation in container and open field using materials of local origin with enhanced microbial life and ready for use growers of ornamental plants
... micro-organisms. To achieve this goal, intensive open collaboration is set up throughout the value chain. Research approachCooperation is a "must" because soil improvers and peat subst...