Anniversary voices: "You would be able to tell it was organic from afar"

Knut Schmidtke has been part of the three-member directorate of FiBL Switzerland since April 2020. (Foto: Roland Schmid)

FiBL celebrates its 50th birthday in 2023. Over the course of the year, several "anniversary voices" will contribute to the celebrations.

These voices will share their perspectives on FiBL and talk about their relationship with the institute. We start with Knut Schmidtke. As Director of Research, Extension & Innovation, he has been part of the three-member directorate and Chairperson of the Executive Board of FiBL Switzerland since April 2020. Before that, he was a professor of organic agriculture at the University of Applied Sciences in Dresden, and from 2015 to 2020 also prorector for research and development.