Expressing female fertility in the Walloon region of Belgium: how to do? [PDF]
Since September 2007, the Walloon Region of Belgium has used a genetic evaluation system for pregnancy rate in Holsteins and has participated in 3 of the 5 MACE trait INTERBULL runs for female fertility. In order to define general way of female fertility expression, a principal component analysis was carried out on six published foreign female ...
Vanderick, Sylvie +2 more
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AkvaGIS application in the Walloon region (Belgium)
We enclose the database used to demonstrate the advantages of use the AkvaGIS tools. AkvaGIS is a novel, free and open source module included in the FREEWAT plugin (http://www.freewat.eu/) for QGIS that supplies a standardized and easy-to-use workflow ...
Serge Brouyère +8 more
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Quantifying the stability of food supply and assessing the impact of milk quota removal in Walloon specialized dairy systems. [PDF]
Compared to other systems, intensive grass-based dairy systems are known to maximize their contribution to food availability, represented by the metric of net productivity.
Battheu-Noirfalise C +4 more
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Interactions between forests and youth in the Walloon Region (Belgium) [PDF]
Description of main types of forests in the Walloon Region, roles of youth and its interaction with forest management in Wallonia, links between forest management and environmental stakes as climate change and biodiversity erosion, importance of the ...
Lhoest, Simon
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L’Observatoire de la Consommation alimentaire en Région wallonne : pourquoi ? Comment ? [PDF]
The Observatory of Food Consumption in the Walloon Region (Belgium): why, how ? The behaviour of food products consumers is observed by several organisms. This paper gives some informations about situations abroad and in Belgium.
Palm R. +5 more
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Estimating the costs of collective treatment of wastewater: the case of Walloon Region (Belgium) [PDF]
This paper contributes to a better understanding of costs for collective wastewater treatment in the Walloon Region (Belgium). Based on a large set of data, unit costs to population equivalents are modelled. Considering investment as well as exploitation costs, the model includes not only wastewater treatment plants but also collector and sewage ...
Dogot, Thomas +3 more
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Développement d'un système harmonisé de surveillance de la qualité des terres agricoles en Région wallonne anticipant la future directive européenne sur les sols [PDF]
Setting-up of a soil monitoring system in Walloon Region anticipating the future European directive on soil. The European Commission currently finalizes its Framework Directive for soil protection waited for the end 2004.
Maesen P. +5 more
doaj
Within the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum, water movement is driven by the water potential gradients between these three domains. To have a comprehensive understanding of such water relations, an examination of how plants respond to variations in soil ...
Valentin Couvreur +5 more
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Regional financing for research and development expenditure
Following the loss of competitiveness of most European countries with respect to the other major economic powers since the 1970s, as part of its “Europe 2020” programme, the European Union has set the objective to allocate 3% of the GDP to research and ...
Hervé Devillé
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Within the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum, water movement is driven by the water potential gradients between these three domains. To have a comprehensive understanding of such water relations, an examination of how plants respond to variations in soil ...
Valentin Couvreur +5 more
doaj +1 more source

