Each year, IRDA's R&D Team conducts more than one hundred research projects in sustainable agriculture. What's more, IRDA is working with Quebec's key agricultural stakeholders to find concrete solutions.
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Livestock production (13) Market gardening (20) Fruit production (27) Field crops (14)Services
Soil health (24) Water protection (15) Air quality (18) Ecosystem protection (3) (5) Fertilizer management (12) Pest, weed, and disease control (27) Animal welfare (7) Food safety and quality (2) Organic farming (14) Waste conversion (1) Environmental regulations (2) Coexisting in an agricultural environment (2) Laboratory analyzes (2)Experts
The effects of crimper-rolled winter rye on striped cucumber.
Researcher: Maxime Lefebvre
Trapping flea beetles in organic farming.
Researcher: Maxime Lefebvre
Population dynamic of Lepidopteran pests of sweet corn.
Researcher: Maxime Lefebvre
Hydrological impacts of cropping systems and physical soil degradation.
Researchers: Simon Ricard Marc-Olivier Gasser
Reducing N2O emissions from organic and inorganic fertilizers using 4R practices and other nitrogen conservation approaches on Quebec farms – assessment and quantification protocols
Researcher: Simon Ricard
Development of a method for estimating low/ecological flows in the context of culvert development taking into account the impact of climate change.
Researcher: Simon Ricard
Hydrologic monitoring of Castors and Morpions brooks.
Researcher: Simon Ricard
Sustainable water management within Lanoraie wetland watershed.
Researcher: Simon Ricard
Hydrologic response to soil physical condition within Pot-au-beurre and Saint-Germain rivers.
Researcher: Simon Ricard
The LandCoM project aims to develop an automated method for evaluating by remote sensing the percentage of soil cover by crop residues and cover crops.
Researcher: Simon Ricard
The objective of this project is to measure the performance of a portable wind machine.
Researcher: Carl Boivin
This project aims to optimize water use in irrigated potato crops.
Researcher: Carl Boivin
This project aims to collect data to guide rainwater capture and recovery for use on farms to.
Researchers: Carl Boivin Caroline Côté Stéphane Godbout
The results of this project will provide tools to support producers and ensure the competitiveness and development of Wild Boreal Blueberry and organic blueberry production sectors, two of Quebec’s specialties.
Researcher: Carl Boivin
This research project aims to establish technical, economic, social and environmental benchmarks for irrigation of field and forage crops.
Researchers: Carl Boivin Catherine Bossé Simon Ricard
and quality of soil, water, and air
of local communities by improving the quality of crop and livestock production, with an emphasis on animal welfare
of crop and livestock production