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Graanboeren met natuur. Cocreatieve verkenning van de agro ecologische teelt van baktarwe

In the project 'Cereal farming with nature', researchers from INBO and ILVO, farmers, millers and bakers spent two years together investigating the agro-ecological cultivation of baking cereal.
During the first season, we compared crops on three conventional and three agroecological plots. We observed more biodiversity in the agroecological plots, but cereal production was higher in the conventional plots. The final income for the farmer was equivalent. The lower cost and better price for agroecological cereal compensated for the lower production.
During the second season, we compared 16 agroecologically grown old cereal varieties. The cereal was milled and baked into bread by the participants in a documented and identical way. The project ended with a taste test by 40 non-professional tasters.

Details

Number of pages 83
Type Reports of Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Category Research
Language Dutch
Bibtex

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During the first season, we compared crops on three conventional and three agroecological plots. We observed more biodiversity in the agroecological plots, but cereal production was higher in the conventional plots. The final income for the farmer was equivalent. The lower cost and better price for agroecological cereal compensated for the lower production.
During the second season, we compared 16 agroecologically grown old cereal varieties. The cereal was milled and baked into bread by the participants in a documented and identical way. The project ended with a taste test by 40 non-professional tasters.
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Authors

Jolien Bracke
Sander De Beer
Filip Debruyne
Luc De Bruyn
Myriam Dumortier
Koen Willekens