Diet

Researchers at the University of Liège are reflecting on ways to better feed the planet using new technologies. Is the key to better nutrition a better understanding of what we eat?

Research units

TERRA

The TERRA Research Centre is a new interfaculty research unit of Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech whose mission is to develop research in biological engineering applied to agronomy, biotechnology and the environment. One of the main objectives of TERRA is to develop transversality and exchanges between researchers from different disciplines. Interfaculty and international scientific collaboration is therefore essential. TERRA is also a structure that is closely connected with the corporate world. To support its researchers, TERRA is developing a specific strategy for finding funding and setting up international projects.

3 CARE (Research and Teaching Support Units) are associated with TERRA

• Environment is life
• Food is life
• Agriculture is life

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AGROBIOCHEM

The research theme of the Faculty Research Unit AGROBIOCHEM focuses on the valorisation of bioproducts related to the production of bio-resources. The research conducted there is aimed at developing food and non-food bioproducts through the transformation and exploitation of bio-resources, with the aim of improving the quality of life and the well-being of human and animal populations, all while preserving the environment.

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BIOSE

The Faculty Research Unit BIOSE (Bio-Systems Engineering) brings together a set of teams (axes) leading their research in the field of sustainable management of natural and man-made areas. All the activities carried out are part of a conceptual logic: Measure, Quantify, Model - Understand and Interpret - Manage and Valorise.

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Facilities and equipment

AgricultureIsLife

This research platform, which depends on the TERRA research unit (Gembloux), promotes projects that consider agroecosystems as entities and stimulates the development of tools, techniques and knowledge to improve the overall performance of agroecosystems in terms of ecosystemic services.

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FoodIsLife

Smart Gastronomy Lab

The Smart Gastronomy Lab is a Living Lab, a multidisciplinary structure for co-creation, prototyping and usage testing. The vocation of the SGL is to give the users the opportunity to be at the source of food innovation and to involve them in each stage of the development of a product or a project. Experimentation through gastronomy and new technologies allows users to create products, services or utensils adapted to their real needs

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TERRA: the cutting edge of biological engineering

The TERRA Research Centre, located in Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, brings together 175 teachers and researchers working in biological engineering applied to agronomy, biotechnology and the environment. This new multidisciplinary and international research centre, a unique structure in Wallonia, promotes scientific collaborations and interactions with the business world.

PAFF Box, urban agriculture in box form

As part of its "Urban Agriculture" project, the Phytopathology Unit of Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech has set up a PAFF Box prototype, exploiting the principle of aquaponics.