Research Projects
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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The effects of crimper-rolled winter rye on striped cucumber beetle populations in spaghetti squash production
The effects of crimper-rolled winter rye on striped cucumber.
Researcher: Maxime Lefebvre
Mass trapping for flea beetle management in cruciferous crops on diversified organic farms
Trapping flea beetles in organic farming.
Researcher: Maxime Lefebvre
Population dynamic of Lepidopteran pests of sweet corn and recommendations for adapting control strategies
Population dynamic of Lepidopteran pests of sweet corn.
Researcher: Maxime Lefebvre
Reducing N2O emissions through best fertilization practices
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
Sustainable water management within Lanoraie wetland watershed
Sustainable water management within Lanoraie wetland watershed.
Researcher: Simon Ricard
Hydrologic response to soil physical condition within Pot-au-beurre and Saint-Germain rivers
Hydrologic response to soil physical condition within Pot-au-beurre and Saint-Germain rivers.
Researcher: Simon Ricard
Testing a mobile drip irrigation system on potato farms
This project aims to optimize water use in irrigated potato crops.
Researcher: Carl Boivin
Technical, economic, social and environmental guidelines for the use of irrigation on corn, soybeans and fodder crops
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
Artificial intelligence - Development of a decision support system to optimize alfalfa yield and nutritional value in relation to soil health
This project aims to develop a digital decision support tool to improve the nutritional quality and yield of alfalfa from analyses of the nutritional quality of forages, based on its relationship with soil fertility and health, while including the other pedoclimatic parameters that define alfalfa production conditions.
Researchers: Marc-Olivier Gasser Catherine Bossé
Develop and assess emerging green technologies that can lower the risks and dangers associated with aerosols on farms
Assessing an electrostatic precipitator system designed to improve air quality and, thereby, worker health and animal welfare.
Researcher: Stéphane Godbout
Forage crop irrigation: helping farmers to make informed decisions
Irrigation project to spare farmers the loss of competitiveness and other risks brought about by drought periods.
Researchers: Carl Boivin Luc Belzile
The solutions developed by IRDA aim to...
Ensure the sustainability
and quality of soil, water, and air
Protect the health and well-being
of local communities by improving the quality of crop and livestock production, with an emphasis on animal welfare
Safeguard the economic viability
of crop and livestock production