Soil health
...little as possible. Crop rotation and -diversity A greater diversity of crops and green cover crops will also benefit the diversity of soil life. Early maturing crops and varieties can ...
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... to watercourses. There are also a number of other measures a farmer can take, such as sowing green cover crops after the main crop. These green cover crops, such as yellow mustard, phacelia and le...
Soil: carbon sequestration
...ls. This applies to both grassland and arable land. 3.1 Crop choice and management Green cover crops (catch crops) Green cover crops or catch crops are crops that are sown after the ma...
Plant health
FLOWER4TREES: using flower mixtures as a win-win situation for biodiversity and grower at open field tree nursery
Enhancing ground cover on vegetable farms: Living Labs for resource conservation and economic sustainability in agroecological systems
... Under-seeding of green manures and the use of no-till tillage may allow faster seeding after green cover crops; this and other practices are evaluated. Where appropriate, more in-depth experiments...
Soil biodiversity enhancement in European agroecosystems to promote their stability and resilience by external inputs reduction and crop performance increase.
Carbon Farming Monitoring and Registry
...il carbon model to satellite data, calibrate and validate a model for estimating biomass of cover crops and woody vegetation in agroforestry systems based on satellite data, and work on automated p...
Good management of winter weeds in organic arable and vegetable farming
...in strategies to control these winter weeds. Some hypotheses are: (1) the use of species-rich green cover crops in the fall in vegetable crops; (2) specific cultural interventions in the fall for w...
Agroforestry with trees rows favorable for soil quality and beneficial bugs. Total biomass yield positive.
Booklet "ILVO Seeds"
How can we nourish the soil under strict phosphate norms and high fertilizer prices?
Do: In orchards, apply the cut of green cover crops to the black strip In orchards, grass clippings from the green strip can be applied (multiple times) to the blacktop to build up organic matter ...
Booklet "ILVO Seeds"
Source-based erosion control techniques in vegetables and maize
Persistent soil compaction under arable fields and grasslands
...s hope to have answers after 4 years. Tom Coussement (BDB): "When is deep tillage successful? Which cover crops should you sow? Does subsoiling (deep ripping) also work on grassland, possibly combi...
ILVO BLOGS from the Experimental Platform for Agroecology in Hansbeke: Mulch layer on the soil through a complex green cover crop
ILVO BLOGS from the Experimental Platform for Agroecology in Hansbeke: Temporary grassland destroyed with minimal tillage
...destruction of the green cover crop The Treffler precision cultivator destroys clover and green cover crops 100% a customized depth between 2.5 and 5 cm (1 - 2 inches). Cutter for cutting ...
Legumes are getting off the ground in Flanders
...mary producer. They are looking for crops that yield something. The fact that they are also green cover crops with which they can expand their cultivation rotation is a good thing". Research as...
LCA (life cycle analysis) in agricultural context
...irm that the choice of agricultural practices (e.g. a certain crop rotation, type of manure, use of cover crops) can have a major impact on the carbon stocks of the soil. Also the complex data ...
Source directed erosion control techniques in vegetables and maize - final report
...more stringent. Since then, farmers have to choose measures from the basic package (including green cover crops), the buffer strips package, the cultivation measures package and the erosion control...
Plant attacker of the month October: the root lesion nematode Pratylenchus spp.
...of soilIn January 2018, the VLAIO LA project "Control of plant parasitic nematodes with green cover crops in outdoor vegetables" (VLAIO green cover crops) started. In this project, we investigate t...
Potential of innovative (mixed) crops and cultivation techniques shown at second PPAE demo day in Hansbeke
...ation." Biomax as soil-improving green cover crop Biomax is a sophisticated blend of green cover crops that increases soil fertility by improving soil structure, promoting soil life and in...
Policy advice: no-till is not our salvation, soil cover with live plants works, organic matter for better soil structure: management practices to restore and strengthen Flemish and European soils?
...clarifies the main conclusions of the project and calls on European policymakers to focus on green cover crops, adding organic matter and rewarding less tillage in general (as opposed to the big fo...
Flemish farmers satisfied with the quality of their soils, more than half willing to apply no-till cultivation
...poration of crop residues, adopting a broad cropping rotation of more than four years, sowing green cover crops and catch crops, field edge management, and less plowing, non-tilling or working the ...