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Anja Vieweger

Affiliation / Function

Activity areas

  • Research and Advisory for Vegetables and Herbs
  • Participatory research and new advisory tools
  • Principles of Organic Agriculture

Projects

StatusFiBLTitleStartEnd
ongoing CH Optimizing supply of organic broccoli (2024-25) 01.01.2024 31.12.2025
ongoing CH Organic pot herbs for Coop/Jumbo (Coop-Topfkräuter) 01.01.2024 31.12.2026
ongoing CH Garden diversity 01.01.2024 31.12.2026
ongoing CH Organic sweet fennel production in Switzerland (Fenchelprojekt Coop) 27.03.2023 28.02.2025
ongoing DECHEU Organic seed and plant breeding to accelerate sustainable and diverse food systems in Europe (LiveSeeding) 01.10.2022 30.09.2026
ongoing CH Agriculture - Climate Protection and Climate Adaptation with Biochar (Charclim) 01.06.2022 31.12.2026
completed CH Quality assurance in Swiss organic chicory production (Bio-Chicorée) 01.04.2022 31.03.2024
ongoing CH Torfreduzierte und torffreie Anzuchtsubstrate für Jungpflanzen im produzierenden Gemüsebau (Torfreduktion) 01.04.2022 31.05.2026
completed CH Entwicklung eines Biodiversitätspunktesystems für Gemüsebaubetriebe 01.01.2022 31.12.2022
completed CH Partizipative Forschung Biogemüsebau 01.11.2021 31.12.2022
ongoing ATCH MIcro- and NAno-Plastics in AGRIcultural Soils: sources, environmental fate and impacts on ecosystem services and overall sustainability (MINAGRIS) 01.09.2021 31.08.2026
completed CH Optimizing supply of organic broccoli 01.01.2021 31.12.2023
ongoing CH Optimization of non-chemical weed management in aromatic and medicinal plants (OGAPAM) 01.11.2020 01.05.2024
completed CH Zellfusionsfreie Sorten im Bio-Gemüseanbau: Züchtungsmethoden und Marktversorgung im Biogemüsebau 01.01.2014 31.12.2022
ongoing CH Applied experiments for organic vegetable growing 01.01.2013
ongoing CH Research and Development on herbs and elderberry growing for Ricola AG 01.01.2008
ongoing CH Development of a range of organic vegetables and ornamentals with heirloom varieties 01.01.2002
ongoing CH Gemüse-, Beeren- und Kernobstsortenlisten (jährliche Aktualisierung der empfohlenen Sorten, in Zusammenarbeit mit Produzenten und Handel)

Training / professional career

  • Since 2020 Group for vegetable production systems at FiBL Switzerland
  • 2011 - 2020 Senior Researcher at the Organic Research Centre (ORC) in England,
  • 2009 - 2010 Study M.Sc. Biodiversity at Plymouth University, England
  • 2002 - 2006 Researcher in the group for soil sciences, FiBL, Switzerland
  • 1997 - 2000 Study Horticulture at Zürich University for Applied Sciences, Wädenswil, Switzerland
  • 1993 - 1996 Apprenticeship as vegetable grower

Committee work

  • Professional group vegetables Bio Suisse

Publications

Publications in the Organic Eprints archive

Publications that are not in the Organic Eprints archive

  • Bliss, K.; Bickler, C.; Villa, A.; Tippin, L.; Vieweger, A.; Meldrum, J.; Padel, S.; Pearce, B.; Lea, M. (2019): Getting out of the commodity trap: Enabling diversity through alternative food networks. In First European Conference on Crop Diversification. September 18-21, 2019 Budapest. Book of abstracts. 310-311.
  • Vieweger, A.; Döring, T.; Bloch, R.; Bachinger, J.; Klimek, M.; Paxton, R.; Woodward, L. (2017): The IFOAM principle of health – how do organic farmers apply it in practice? Scientific Conference “Innovative Research for Organic Agriculture 3.0” 19th Organic World Congress, New Delhi, India, November 9-11, 2017
  • Paxton, R.; Klimek, M.; Vieweger, A.; Döring, T.; Bloch, R.; Bachinger, J.; Woodward, L. (2017): The Role of Intuition in Managing Organic Farm System Health. Scientific Conference “Innovative Research for Organic Agriculture 3.0” 19th Organic World Congress, New Delhi, India, November 9-11, 2017
  • Vieweger, A.; Bloch, R.; Klimek, M.; Bachinger, J.; Döring, T. (2016). Was macht einen gesunden Landwirtschaftsbetrieb aus? – Zum Prinzip Gesundheit in der ökologischen Landwirtschaft. Lebendige Erde, 03/2016, 30-32
  • Pautasso, M.; Vieweger, A.; Barbosa, A. M. (2016): Can the adoption of Organic Farming be predicted by Biogeographic Factors? A French Case Study. Organic Farming, 2 (1), 23-27, DOI: 10.12924/of2016.02010023
  • Vieweger, A. and Döring, T. (2015): Assessing health in agriculture – towards a common research framework for soils, plants, animals, humans and ecosystems. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 95 (3), 438-446, DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6708
  • Döring, T.; Vieweger, A.; Pautasso, M.; Vaarst, M.; Finckh, M. and Wolfe, M. (2015): Resilience as a universal criterion of health. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 95 (3), 455-465, DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6539