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Project StatusEn cours
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Start date01/01/2025
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Pilot structureCentre-Val de Loire Chamber of Agriculture
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Total cost
420,750 euros
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Geographic areaNational
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Referent(s)
Matthieu Loos - m.loos@terresinovia.fr
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Duration36 months
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Funded by
DRAFF (80%) – 20% Self-financing CRA CVL
The Issues
While soil cover is a key factor in addressing nitrate and drinking water issues, the success of cover crops is also an important factor in controlling weed pressure and reducing herbicide use.
Intercropping cover crops are, in fact, one of the agronomic levers for agroecological transition, contributing at the system level to the reduction of plant protection products. They also provide numerous agronomic services, including pest control.
However, for many farmers, they remain a regulatory constraint, as weed management in intercropping systems is a barrier to their adoption.
The objectives
The project will implement cover crops as intercrops in two production regions: the Northern Loire region (Petite Beauce and Beauce) and the Southern Loire region (from Champagne Berrichonne to Pays Fort), with the following objectives:
• To facilitate the adoption of cover crops as intercrops by agricultural advisors and farmers;
• Facilitate the successful establishment of cover crops to control weed pressure and reduce herbicide use;
• Facilitate the adoption of existing knowledge and generate new knowledge for advisors and farmers regarding cover crops;
• Propose a multi-stakeholder, region-specific approach to tailor knowledge transfer activities to the specific needs of the stakeholders and regions involved.
Expected results
• Identify local
needs• Create and maintain a data
repository• Disseminate and share the resources produced through the data repository
The Role of Terres Inovia
Partner
- Participation in the implementation of a network of “farmer” plots to enhance the methodological and agronomic skills of advisors/technicians and to produce resources that facilitate the adoption of cover crop implementation practices. This initiative has already been implemented as part of the Syppre Berry farmer network.
- Participation in knowledge transfer initiatives that incorporate methodological and agronomic insights for:
o Advisors/technicians to share a common framework for supporting farmers in the deployment of cover crops with the objective of controlling weed pressure during the growing season
o Farmers contributing to the project through support for the implementation of cover crops monitored as part of the observatory
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