Main research questionThe GOMEROS-project investigated how growing vegetables and maize can be successfully done under the new erosion regulations (Pillar I of the CAP), so that crop yield and quality are maintained while erosion is also effectively controlled.
GOMEROS - Reducing water erosion in maize and vegetables cropping systems in support of cross-compliance.
By diversification of cultivated crops, the often narrow crop rotation of silage maize and grass or the monoculture of maize on certain fields can be expanded. ILVO explores two alternatives: forage sorghum and mixed cropping of silage maize with climbing beans.
Crop diversification for forage production on animal farms: focus on forage sorgho and mixed cropping of silage maize-climbing beans
ILVO variety lists fodder beet and maize 2023
Maize crop residues crucial for carbon in the soil
The root biomass of maize contributes - relatively speaking - twice or even three times as much to the build-up of stable soil organic matter in the soil as the above-ground crop residues (maize straw) do.
Source-based erosion control techniques in vegetables and maize
In GOMEROS, ILVO and partners are investigating erosion control in the cultivation of vegetables and maize. They are investigating which cultivation techniques are effective.
Preventing erosion in vegetables and maize: 4 years of GOMEROS
GOMEROS conducted 4 years of research on erosion prevention in vegetables and maize by testing different cultivation techniques
Applications submitted for new field trials of genome-edited maize
Source directed erosion control techniques in vegetables and maize - final report
The GOMEROS project-focused on maize and vegetable crops on purple and red plots; the acronym therefore stands for GrOents and Maize on EROSie susceptible plots.
A value chain for maize straw in the bioeconomy of Flanders?
Is a value chain for maize straw in the bioeconomy feasible? Why Flanders cannot (yet) do what Canada can.