Contact
Monika Schneider
(Dipl.-Ing. Agr. ETH)
Division Internationale
FiBL
Ackerstrasse
CH-5070 Frick
Téléphone +41 (0)62 865-7227
Fax +41 (0)62 865-7273
monika.schneider(at)fibl.org
Contact
Dionys Forster
(Dr. Sc. Agr.)
Division Internationale
FiBL
Ackerstrasse
CH-5070 Frick
Téléphone +41 (0)62 865-0452
Fax +41 (0)62 865-7273 dionys.forster(at)fibl.org
Tropical long-term trial inaugurated in Bolivia
Nemesia Achacollo, Bolivia’s Minister of Rural Development and Land, and invited guests inaugurate the field trial. Photo: Renate Seidel
The region of Alto Beni in Bolivia recently inaugurated one of FiBL’s long-term farming system comparisons in the tropics 
. The field trial testing cacao in various agroforestry systems compares organic with conventional farming. The Bolivian Minister of Rural Development and Land, Nemesia Achacollo, also took part.
The FiBL research and development projects in the global South have the goal to further develop locally adapted sustainable farming systems.
Further long-term system comparisons being supervised by FiBL in the tropics are in Kenya and India.
Further information
FiBL Contacts
Links
- fibl.org: Development and Cooperation
- la-razon.com: 6 héctareas para el centro de investigación del cacao en Alto Beni
Literature
- Zundel, Ch.; Kilcher, L. and Mäder, P. (2008) What can organic agriculture contribute to sustainable development? – Long-term comparisons of farming systems in the tropics . Cultivating the Future Based on Science. 2nd Conference of the International Society of Organic Agriculture Research (ISOFAR), in the Frame of the 16th IFOAM Organic World Congress, Modena, Italy, June 18-20, 2008