Past event Conference March 31st 2025 Production systemsProduction and distribution of organic vegetable seeds: Challenges and opportunities for multipliers and seed companiesPresentation of the results of a survey on the production and distribution of vegetable seeds of open-pollinated varieties in Europe. Production systems Vegetable sectorPlant breedingSeedsOrganic farming
Publication of June 2nd 2025 ReportFood value chainsMulti-faceted biodiversity integration for a healthy Soil and Resilient crop management: Agronomic, environmental and socio-economic assessmentThe SOILRES Project has the objective of enhancing soil health and crop resilience. With 21 partners, Sytra will assess the socio-economic and policy enablers/barriers to adoption. Food value chains Agricultural land managementInnovationLeversLock-inPolicy recommendationsEurope
Publication of May 15th 2024 Research articleProduction systemsA method to account for diversity of practices in Conservation AgricultureLocal factors influence the translation of Conservation Agriculture (CA) into practices. To categorize the diversity of farmers’ CA practices, we combined archetypal and hierarchical clustering analysis. In Wallonia, we were able to identify three main CA-types with salient practices. Production systems Crop diversificationConservation agricultureParticipatory approachWalloniaBelgium
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? Food value chains Climate changeCrop diversificationConservation agricultureEnvironmental footprintParticipatory approachWallonia
Publication of February 14th 2024 ReportTransition pathwaysScenarios for multi-sector agricultural transition in the Walloon RegionDevelopment of a prospective tool to draw up scenarios for multi-sector agricultural transitions, taking into account the diversity of production systems, agricultural regions and the effect of crop successions. Transition pathways Vegetable sectorFruit sectorCereals sectorProtein cropsPotato sectorBeetroot sectorMeadows and pasturePesticidesSustainability indicatorsCrop diversificationOrganic farmingProspective scenariosParticipatory approach
Publication of June 21st 2021 PosterProduction systemsAn operational definition of Conservation Agriculture to categorize the diversity of models in a given territoryThis poster presents the results of a literature review to build a broad and operational definition of Conservation Agriculture. Production systems Crop diversificationConservation agricultureLiterature review
Publication of June 21st 2021 Working paperProduction systemsAn operational definition of Conservation Agriculture to categorize the diversity of models in a given territoryThis work presents the results of a literature review to build a broad and operational definition of Conservation Agriculture. Production systems Crop diversificationConservation agricultureLiterature review
Publication of January 31st 2020 PosterProduction systemsConservation Agriculture and glyphosate – Strategies, lock-ins and diversity in the Belgian Walloon RegionIs it possible to practice Conservation Agriculture without glyphosate in Wallonia? What are the lock-ins to, and the conditions required for, the development of Conservation Agriculture without total herbicides ? Production systems GlyphosateCrop diversificationConservation agricultureLeversLock-inParticipatory approachWallonia
