Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau FiBL

April 2025

 

News

 

Five men work together on a plowed dry field and analyze soil samples with a blue bowl.

How organic cotton farmers in India influence soil fertility

What influences soil fertility in organic cotton farming in India? Andrin Schilliger, a student at the School of Agricultural, Forest and Food…

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Portrait of Jürn Sanders.

"Voices on Biodiversity” series comes to an end

In the "Voices on Biodiversity" series, various people from the wider FiBL ecosystem have shared their perspectives on the importance of biodiversity…

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FiBL highlights agroecology’s transformative power at 2nd Eastern Africa Agroecology Conference

With 850 participants from over 40 countries, the 2nd Eastern Africa Agroecology Conference, held in Nairobi at the end of March, called on farmers,…

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A group of cows are eating twigs.

Fodder trees: a supplementary forage resource for livestock

Researchers from FiBL and Agroscope recently published an article entitled "Fodder trees: a supplementary forage resource for livestock" in Swiss…

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A butterfly on a purple cornflower.

What organic farming achieves for environment and society – meta analysis provides comprehensive results

A review of over 500 scientific publications – a so-called meta analysis – analyses the potential of organic farming. It shows that in many areas,…

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Further news in German

Further FiBL news are available in German. You can find them here: www.fibl.org/de/infothek/nachrichtenarchiv

 

Events

 

06 May 2025

Science-policy event "Agroecological Transition of Food Systems in Africa"

Brussels, Belgium

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FiBL events in other languages

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Yours sincerely,
Andreas Basler and Helga Willer

 

The joint newsletter of FiBL Switzerland, FiBL Germany, FiBL Austria, FiBL France and FiBL Europe is usually published monthly.
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