University of Louvain Farms (FERM)
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Technical and scientific expertise
- Expertise in different agricultural sectors
- Co-construction of experiments to validate innovative agricultural practices
- Infrastructure, machinery and specialised skills to conduct field trials
Main infrastructure
- Two sites
- Alphonse de Marbaix Centre
- Lauzelle Farm
- 100 hectares of agricultural land, in conventional and organic farming
- Permanent grassland
- Fodder crops
- Sales crops (cereals, maize, beetroot, potatoes, etc.)
- Diversified organic market gardening
- Livestock
- Limousin cow herd
- Sheep, pigs, poultry and other typical Walloon farm products
Get an overview of the platform’s facilities via a virtual tour.
Applications
- Technical itineraries towards the reduction of pesticide use
- Soil conservation and organic farming practices
- Valorisation of agricultural products on the farm
- Nutritional value and differentiation of products (with other partners such as the CICN Platform)
- Adaptation of crops to climate change
- Biodiversity in agriculture
Services available to
- UCLouvain students and researchers
- Non-UCLouvain parties
Testimonial
March 2024 - Mrs Clotilde de Montpellier, founder of Farm for Good, a cooperative of Belgian farmers who have decided to work together on their transition toward organic and conservation agriculture, talks in a video about her collaboration with the FERM platform.