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Bio-Refine: Recycling inorganic chemicals from agro- & bio-industry wastestreams (Biorefine)

Start date: Apr 30, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2015,

In the transition from a fossil based to a bio-based economy. it has become an important challenge to maximally close the nutrient cycles and migrate to a more sustainable resource management. both from an economical as an ecological perspective. Nutrient resources are rapidly depleting. significant amounts of fossil energy are used for the production of chemical fertilizers. whereas costs for ene ...
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Développement transfrontalier de matériaux composites polymère-chanvre (POLYCHANVRE)

Start date: Mar 31, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2014,

In the interests of sustainable development, the partners aim to promote hemp as renewable raw material.Therefore, they study whether it can be used to make composite materials.They develop a process for integrating hemp fibres into polymer matrices (PVC and polyolefins) to create materials with applications in the automotive, construction, furniture and ship building industry.To meet the needs of ...
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Increase awareness to curb horticultural introductions of invasive plants in Belgium (AlterIAS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

Background The spread of invasive alien species (IAS) is widely recognized as one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss in Europe. Damage caused by the expansion of IAS can be significant and therefore requires the implementation of control actions aimed at reducing their population. The horticultural industry in Europe and elsewhere in the world has m ...
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BLUESEL

Start date: Jun 30, 2008, End date: Jun 29, 2013,

Over the last few years, France and Wallonia developed an adapted framework for the development of Bleue Mixte (Bleue du Nord in France and the Blanc-Bleu Belge mixed type in Belgium). However, to help livestock breeders preserve these endangered populations, it was crucial to ignore borders and establish a common structure for selection/conservation programmes. The creation of a brand image also ...
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Sustainable Use of Nitrogen (SUN)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2013,

Agriculture was, and still is, the main component of the rural landscape: in Europe, agriculture, together with forests, takes up about 3/4 of the territory. In this sense, it plays a major role in the maintenance or improvement of the quality of the environment. Since the implementation of the Nitrates Directive (91/676) in 1991, the water quality has not significantly improved. In the cross-bord ...
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NUTRISENS

Start date: May 31, 2008, End date: Mar 30, 2013,

The goal of the project is to gather expertise from both sides of the border and make it available to food companies in the area. This enables them to develop two key aspects of their products: the organoleptic quality(i.e. food properties in terms of taste, odour, colour, aspect and consistence) and the nutritional quality.The project also offers innovation support by combining «nutrition/health» ...
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TERMINAL CROSSBREEDING OF BELGIAN BLUE WITH HOLSTEIN (CTBBH)

Start date: Dec 31, 2007, End date: Jun 29, 2012,

Following the testing started under INTERREG III in dairy-beef farms in France and Belgium, the second phase of the projects aims at assessing and identifying Blanc-Bleu bulls in the cross-border area that are geneticallysuited for cross-breeding. Indeed, both regions are complementary in terms of cross-breeding races: France contributes the necessary cows for testing, while Belgium provides the s ...
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TRANSVAL

Start date: Sep 30, 2008, End date: Dec 30, 2010,

Vegetable resources are a priority today and can play a key role in the economic redeployment of the cross-border area. The partners therefore promote the use of plant biomass in economic and industrial applicationsand in research (energy, petrochemicals, food industry). Industry-industry and industry-academic partnerships on both sides of the border stimulate economic growth in the region, while ...
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