Organic farming and climate change
Organic farming and climate change at www.fibl.org
Contact
Paul Mäder
(Dr. phil, Dipl. Ing. Agr. ETH)
Soil Sciences
Head of group
FiBL
Ackerstrasse
CH-5070 Frick
Phone +41 62 865-7232
Fax +41 62 865-7273
paul.maeder(at)fibl.org
Contact
Andreas Fliessbach
(Dr. sc. agr.)
Soil Sciences
FiBL
Ackerstrasse
CH-5070 Frick
Phone +41 (0)62 865-7225
Fax +41 (0)62 865-7273 andreas.fliessbach(at)fibl.org
Contact
Dionys Forster
(Dr. Sc. Agr.)
International Division
FiBL
Ackerstrasse
CH-5070 Frick
Phone +41 (0)62 865-0452
Fax +41 (0)62 865-7273 dionys.forster(at)fibl.org
Funding
The FiBL projects on reduced tillage are funded by the following institutions:
Reduced Tillage
Reduced tillage
- FiBL-Flyer Klimaneutraler Acker- und Gemüsebau
There are still gaps in the knowledge about how organic production systems can be optimized with regard to their climate impact. There is also a lack of reliable information on such systems’ potential to sequester CO2 and on the energy and nutrient efficiencies of reduced tillage systems and the use of green manure.
FiBL trials are under way, designed to deliver key insights.
In addition, economic analyses aim to provide information on the cost-effectiveness of reduced tillage measures at farm level. Moreover, projections for the entire agricultural sector will be carried out to illustrate the potential that carbon-neutral tillage farming can have for Switzerland as a whole.
Projects
- Reduzierte Bodenbearbeitung auf schweren Böden (Exaktversuch Frick,
vgl. FiBL-Flyer Klimaneutraler Ackerbau (670 KB)) - Reduzierte Bodenbearbeitung auf mittelschweren Böden (Exaktversuche Muri und Aesch, vgl. FiBL-Flyer Klimaneutraler Ackerbau (670 KB))
- Reduzierte Bodenbearbeitung im Ackerbau und Gründüngungen im Gemüsebau (Streifenversuche, vgl. FiBL-Flyer Klimaneutraler Ackerbau (670 KB))
Financing
- Coop Fonds für Nachhaltigkeit
Contact
Kenya, India, Bolivia: Long-term Farming Systems Comparison in the Tropics
- Farm group in Kenya
The aim of this project is to assess the contribution of organic agriculture to sustainable development in long-term field trials and farm surveys. The FiBL network of long-term trials examines the contribution of organic agriculture to food security, poverty alleviation and environmental conservation. It covers cash crop oriented systems as well as subsistence crop based systems, both under a wide range of agro-ecological and socio-economic conditions.
Please visit our project website at www.systems-comparison.fibl.org 