Past event Conference March 10th 2020 Ottignies-Louvain-la-NeuveProduction systemsHow can current farming systems contribute to provide sustainable and local food?How to measure the social and environmental footprint of our food habits? Which are the land use opportunities for more sustainable and local food systems? How can vegetable production at the regional level meet these challenges?Vegetable sectorProspective scenariosEnvironmental footprint
Publication of May 2nd 2024 PhD thesisFood value chainsThe Diversity of Practices in Conservation Agriculture: Categorization and Impact Assessment in the Walloon Region, BelgiumWhat types of Conservation Agriculture (CA) are present in Wallonia? Do these different CA-types have the same potential impact on soil quality, and do they follow the same transition processes?Climate changeCrop diversificationConservation agricultureEnvironmental footprintParticipatory approachWallonia
Publication of April 24th 2024 ReportTransition pathwaysPayment schemes for environmental services by farmingProject aiming to clarify the theoretical concepts and best practices regarding payment schemes that reward farmers for environmental services. Project funded by the Walloon Public Service (SPW) as part of the Terraé action plan.Climate changeBiodiversitySustainability indicatorsEnvironmental footprintPolicy recommendationsWalloniaEurope
Publication of April 15th 2023 Research articleProduction systemsAccounting for diversity while assessing sustainability: insights from the Walloon bovine sectorsA scientific paper on the importance of accounting for the diversity of farms when assessing sustainability. We take the opportunity to discuss the dilemmas of sustainability assessments and show that economic and environmental performances can go hand in hand. Open-access link below.Dairy sectorBeef meat sectorSustainability indicatorsEnvironmental footprint
Publication of April 5th 2022 Research articleTransition pathwaysThe economic implications of a protein transitionThe protein transition, defined as the rebalancing between animal and alternative proteins in diets, is presented as a solution to mitigate the harmful effects of cattle production on the environment. We discuss the implications of such a transition on current livestock farms.Dairy sectorBeef meat sectorMeadows and pastureProtein transitionEconomic performanceEnvironmental footprintWalloniaBelgiumEurope
Publication of November 8th 2021 ReportProduction systemsAssessing the use of pesticide for livestock productsThis study assesses the use of chemical pesticides for animal-based products.Eggs sectorDairy sectorBeef meat sectorPig meat sectorPoultry meat sectorPesticidesInputsSustainability indicatorsCrop diversificationEnvironmental footprintEurope
Publication of April 13th 2021 CommunicationTransition pathwaysOngoing PhD : Pathways to reduce the use of pesticidesWhat are the main uses of pesticides in the Province of Luxembourg (Southern Belgium) ? How can we accompany actors from the agricultural sector to engage in pathways to reduce the use of pesticides ?PesticidesInputsSustainability indicatorsAgroecologyPath dependencyLiterature reviewEconomic performanceLeversProspective scenariosLock-inEnvironmental footprintParticipatory approachWallonia
Publication of September 30th 2020 ReportProduction systemsThe dual challenge of livestock production in WalloniaThis study highlights that it is possible to combine environmental and economic performance in bovine (dairy and suckler) production systems in Wallonia (Southern Belgium).Dairy sectorBeef meat sectorSustainability indicatorsCrop diversificationEconomic performanceEnvironmental footprintWallonia
Publication of June 3rd 2020 CommunicationTransition pathwaysFeed our farmers or our population? Looking beyond the unsovable dilemmaAn opinion piece on the means to go beyond the link between cheap food and right to food. A reflection on how feeding our population can go hand in hand with paying the farmers the price for a sustainable food production.BiodiversityPlanetary limitsLeversLock-inEnvironmental footprint
Publication of November 28th 2014 Research articleTransition pathwaysRole of input self-sufficiency in the economic and environmental sustainability of specialised dairy farmsWhat are the structural characteristics necessary for the self-sufficiency of specialised dairy farms located in the grassland area? What are the relationships between input self-sufficiency, environmental and economic sustainability?Dairy sectorInputsEconomic performanceEnvironmental footprint
