University of Louvain Farms (FERM)

Crédit photo : Yvan Flamant - Roger Job

Technical and scientific expertise

• Expertise in different agricultural sectors
• Co-construction of experiments to validate innovative agricultural practices
• Infrastructure, machinery and specialised skills to conduct field trials

Main infrastructure

• Two sites

  - Alphonse de Marbaix Centre
  - Lauzelle Farm

• 100 hectares of agricultural land, in conventional and organic farming

  - Permanent grassland
  - Fodder crops
  - Sales crops (cereals, maize, beetroot, potatoes, etc.)
  - Diversified organic market gardening

• Livestock

  - Limousin cow herd
  - Sheep and other typical Walloon farm products

Get an overview of the platform’s facilities via a virtual tour.

Applications

• Technical itineraries towards the reduction of pesticide use
• Soil conservation and organic farming practices
• Valorisation of agricultural products on the farm
• Nutritional value and differentiation of products (with other partners such as the CICN Platform)
• Adaptation of crops to climate change
• Biodiversity in agriculture

Services available to

• UCLouvain students and researchers
• Non-UCLouvain parties

Testimonial

March 2024 - Mrs Clotilde de Montpellier, founder of Farm for Good, a cooperative of Belgian farmers who have decided to work together on their transition toward organic and conservation agriculture, talks in a video about her collaboration with the FERM platform.