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• R&D: monitoring of forest ecosystems, forest management (typology, functions), treatment of stands (regeneration, maintenance, improvement, technical and economic itineraries), agroforestry (planting, maintenance), relationship between silviculture and wood quality
• Training, outreach and services: publications, good silvicultural and agroforestry practices (guides, advice, diagnoses, management plans), protection and restoration measures (environments, soils, water, biodiversity, climate change, forest-wildlife balance, etc.), training (owners, managers, professionals, teachers, students)

• Laboratory for agricultural, environmental and agri-food analyzes
• Fields dedicated to experiments in the field of fodder and phytotechnics of crops in the pedoclimatic conditions of Upper Belgium

• Agricultural experimentation and outreach organisation
• Maize, silphium, sorghum and miscanthus crops
• Field trials to improve agricultural practices while considerably reducing their environmental impacts (eg : reduction of soil erosion, development of mechanical weeding, research on low-input crops = ↓ PPP, ↓ mineral fertilization, …)

• Information dedicated to various actors in the rural world in Wallonia about sustainable and integrated plant protection
• Exchanges and discussions on the use of plant protection products and the current approaches to ensure plant health

The organization consists of four clusters: the CRP which provides information on plant protection legislation and good practices; the PAS informs the professionals about plant protection products licenses; the research project which provides specific scientific analyses; the plant clinic brings expertise on plant pathologies and provides advice on how to control pests and plant diseases.

• Pilot centre for advising farmers in the field of grasslands and fodder
• Comparison trials of fodder species and varieties, and trials on grassland crop science (at UCLouvain)

• Information, advice and support for farmers, foresters and public or private owners in the implementation of the agri-environmental programme and the European ecological network Natura 2000

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• Advice to Walloon farmers and other users of plant protection products to preserve water quality from the risks associated with the use of nitrogen and phytopharmaceuticals
• Personalised technical advice to reduce the risk of contamination of our water resources

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• Network of Walloon laboratories performing 5 types of analyses: microbiological analyses of foodstuffs*, mineral and organic analyses of manure and feed*, NIR, soil minerals and nitrates.
• Organization of interlaboratory comparisons and quality audits (ISO 17025)
• Databases with the analytical results of more than 1M samples

• Advanced scientific, technical and economic skills in the field of the biosourced economy at the service of territories, municipalities, regional services, project managers and companies
• Long-term vision and systemic thinking for a reliable, economic and sustainable approach to preserve resources and propose solutions to respond to climate change.