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Background Dairy production has opposing effects on climate change. It generates greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions but can regulate climate through carbon storage in soils. Hence, cattle rearing management techniques can strongly impact on the sustainability of this activity. Nevertheless, studies reveal that knowledge gaps exist amongst French Dairy farme ...
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SEDIMENT

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

Past projects have showed that measures such as grass strips, grassed waterways, green manure, reduced tillage (no-till farming),... can play an efficient role in the fight against soil erosion. Yet, these solutions arenot widespread. The achievement of a number of measures on a parcel downstream does not have much sense if no measures are taken upstream on the parcels where the flow and the sedim ...
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Current regulations require farmers to use less pesticides and insecticides for their crops. As a result, the farmers have to be increasingly creative to preserve their crops without using chemical products. This isnot without affecting their earnings.Through this project, the partners promote the integrated and sustainable production of vegetables and strawberries in the cross-border area. They i ...
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JADE 2

Start date: Dec 31, 2007, End date: Dec 30, 2011,

In Flanders and Nord-Pas de Calais, the number of vegetable farms is decreasing due to a large number of retirements, economic difficulties and European and national regulatory constraints. The crops are quite similar in both areas, and identified problems and preoccupations are often analogous.The farming of fruits and vegetables is very demanding in terms of visual quality and food safety.Theref ...
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