Les entreprises qui utilisent des équipements industriels doivent suivre des programmes de maintenance. Les actions de maintenance conventionnelle sont divisées en quatre catégories : réparations urgentes, maintenance corrective, maintenances préventives (remplacement systématiques des pièces) et maintenances conditionnelles. Une nouvelle catégorie commence à être utilisée : la maintenance prédictive qui utilise des méthodes numériques pour prévoir […]

La cécidomyie du chou-fleur est un insecte exotique envahissant observé pour la première fois dans le canola au Québec en 2006. En 2009 et 2010, des suivis entomologiques ont permis de démontrer qu’il était présent dans toutes les régions productrices de canola du Québec. Les premiers dommages sévères ont été observés depuis 2 ans au […]

Le projet vise à développer un outil évolutif permettant une analyse concrète de la dynamique du transport nord-américain de la pomme de terre (en vrac, emballé et transformé) en support à la prise de décision stratégique des producteurs et des emballeurs ainsi que d’autres acteurs de la filière québécoise. Analyser les «zones d’influence» des principales […]

The forest industry in British Columbia (BC) is facing increasingly difficult challenges regarding fibre supply. New winch-assist technology that enables fully mechanized ground-based forest harvesting on steep terrain has been increasingly used in BC since 2016. The new systems have improved safety and provide access to fibre that was previously uneconomic. New low-consumption small-size cable […]

There is a growing movement within the agricultural community to use a nature-based approach to soil management, emphasizing its natural ability to sequester atmospheric carbon. Soil carbon sequestration not only improves soil health and fertility, but benefits the climate (reduced GHG emissions) and watersheds (facilitates water infiltration, mitigating floods, and purification). The objectives of this […]

Cannafish is a Startup working with hydroponic farmers to include manure and compost in their fertilisation plan. Doing so, they reduce the use of chemical fertilizer in hydroponics while valorizing organic residual matter. However, to replace chemical with organic fertilizers requires good practice and precision to achieve competitive yield. Hence, using a specific ion monitoring […]

New studies have implicated the gut as the staging area for the start of Parkinson’s disease. Disruptions in the gut biota can promote the formation of toxic protein seeds that can move from the gut into the brain, spreading through the brain and causing progressive loss of neurons and problems with movement. It still needs […]

Shelf-life and quality of agricultural commodities is directly affected by their storage conditions. Therefore, producers and managers of grains and oilseeds relay on safe storage guidelines of the stored commodity to preserve the quality of these products. These guidelines are developed for specific commodities and are made available by producer groups and technical organizations to […]

We wish to explore methods to make indoor plant growth more efficient. In many industries (especially the herb and vegetable greenhouse business), industry uses inefficient lighting options because they seek to supplement the visible light spectrum with UV wavelengths. We propose to use LED lamps that include UV bulbs to test whether this lamp will […]

Sedna Technologies is an innovative fisheries technology firm working to increase sustainability in the commercial fishing industry with the adoption of innovative technology. By eliminating waste, more harvested product can make it to market and satisfy demand. Sedna is continuing to grow and is beginning to develop predictive analytics platforms to organize and distribute relevant […]

This research project is a partnership between The Wine Islands Grower’s Association, and the University of Victoria. The goal of the project is to better understand how vineyard management techniques effect wine grape quality prior to wine processing. Pinot gris is the most important white wine varietal grown on Vancouver Island and throughout British Columbia. […]

Roquette, the fifth largest global producer of food ingredients, is building the world’s largest pea processing plant in Manitoba. Pea protein is a plant-based alternative to animal protein, which is used for many applications, particularly for improving health by replacing fats and sugars. The objective of this clinical study is to determine whether pea protein […]