Climate change is having a significant impact on agriculture through phenomena such as droughts or, conversely, waterlogged soil and an increase in insect pests.

Farmers need to explore appropriate solutions, whether by selecting more suitable species and varieties or by adopting specific techniques.

How can we produce efficiently in a context of climate change?

Soil is a precious resource, rich in biodiversity, including bacteria, fungi, and a diverse range of fauna.

It provides farmers and society with many services, such as fertility for food production, carbon storage, water purification, erosion control, and more.

Find out how it works and what practices promote its conservation here.

The agroecological transition is underway!

New practices that limit both greenhouse gas emissions and the impact on biodiversity without reducing production already exist, and others are yet to be invented.

What are these practices and how can they be implemented?

Agriculture also involves livestock farming.

Livestock farming offers multiple ways to improve the functioning of a farm (soil fertility management, crop diversification, grassland maintenance, etc.).

It is also a source of greenhouse gas emissions, which can be reduced under certain conditions: animal welfare, choice of pasture, etc.

Discover livestock farming practices that promote milk production and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Methanization makes it possible to convert animal waste, plant residues, and bio-waste into renewable energy on the farm.

Here, you will discover this natural biological process, similar to the digestion of ruminant animals such as cows.

Get to the heart of the matter by understanding how it works and what it produces: biogas (methane), but also heat and digestate rich in nutrients that are beneficial to plants.

These agroecological infrastructures can be beneficial in combating pests and coping with climate hazards.

They contribute to the stability of agricultural production and the preservation of biodiversity.

What roles can these infrastructures play? How can they be implemented and managed? Discover agroecological engineering.

Module accessible only as part of middle school or high school field trips.

This final module takes students to AgriLab, UniLaSalle's FabLab. Students discover how technological innovations, from low tech to high tech, support the agroecological transition: equipment adaptation, data collection via embedded sensors, prototyping, modeling.

The goal? To understand how technology can be used to better observe, measure, and optimize agricultural practices while reducing inputs.