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Nathaniel Schmid

Affiliation / Function

Activity areas

  • Diversification of field crops, improvement of quality, search for commercial outlets, animal production
  • Implementation of the French component of the FiBL network work
  • Communication with farmers and agricultural advisers (training courses, data sheets, articles in the agricultural press, hotline bio, Bioaktuell website)
  • Development of FiBL activities in French-speaking Switzerland

Projects

StatusFiBLTitleStartEnd
ongoing CH Further development of the Bioaktuell.ch Internet platform (Bioaktuell+) 01.01.2024 31.12.2026
ongoing CH Optimisation and reduction of anthelmintic use in Swiss sheep and goat flocks (ORA) 01.07.2023 30.06.2031
completed CH Organic action plan for the Canton of Valais (Plan d'action Bio pour VS) 01.01.2021 31.12.2023
completed CH VD Agroökologische Systeme 01.01.2020 31.12.2021
completed CH VD Events and knowledge transfer 01.01.2020 01.12.2021
ongoing CH Protection of natural resources (water, soil) and promotion of biodiversity and challenges for agriculture in the face of climate change and economic issues (BLW Agroforesterie) 01.01.2020 31.12.2027
completed CH Management of bovine gastrointestinal parasites by grazing on the Sorens school farm (Parasito Bovins Fribourg) 01.01.2020 31.12.2022
completed CH Sustainable management of internal parasites in cattle in the canton Vaud and research on anthelmintic resistance 01.01.2020 31.12.2022
completed CH Anthelmintic resistance and targeted treatment in small ruminants and cattle in the canton Vaud – current situation, training and dissemination 01.01.2019 31.12.2020
completed CH To develop sustainable legume-based farming systems and agri-feed and food chains in EU (LegValue) 01.06.2017 31.05.2021
completed CH Organic soya in Switzerland – Optimising the Swiss production chain from seeds to the final product (B3S) 01.01.2016 31.03.2019
completed CH Grassland-based Progress: food autonomy and land development in the canton of Vaud (Progrès Herbe) 05.03.2013 31.12.2018
ongoing CH bioaktuell.ch 01.01.2007

Training / professional career

  • 2015 - 2017 Sales manager and technical adviser for poultry.
  • 2009 - 2014 Farmer-vine-grower on a mixed farm with field crops, vines, suckler cows and laying hens.
  • 2005 - 2009 Organic adviser for a Brazilian agricultural production cooperative in the Porto Alegre region; organic rice production, processing and marketing certification.
  • 2001 - 2005 Head of Sales in the plant protection sector.
  • 1997 - 2000 Responsible for a private project on vegetable production and macadamia nuts in Paraguay.