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What FiBL is doing on this theme
- Department of Soil Sciences, FiBL Switzerland
- DOK-Trial, Department of Soil Sciences, FiBL Switzerland
News on the theme
- 02/06/2025 : 40 years of organic farming: strong for soils and efficient
- 06/12/2024 : Video: Comparison of organic fertilisers: impact on climate, yield and soil life
- 02/10/2023 : Booklet "Faces of Organic Cotton"
- 11/18/2022 : Portrait series: Faces of Organic Cotton
- 07/01/2021 : Video: Insights into the BRESOV project
- 12/10/2020 : FiBL cooperates with farms for research
- 07/17/2020 : Long-term farming systems research across the globe: New book released
- 04/28/2020 : Organic Farm Knowledge - A unique resource with tools for farmers across Europe
- 10/06/2019 : International workshop on the comparison of organic and conventional agricultural cropping systems
- 03/20/2019 : Organic farming mitigates climate change
- 06/08/2018 : FiBL at the Annual Swiss Development Cooperation Conference 2018
- 11/08/2017 : FiBL and Indian agricultural university sign MoU to embark on collaborative projects
- 02/23/2017 : Cacao agroforestry systems increase farmers’ income
- 11/24/2016 : Organic farming in sub-Saharan Africa is productive, economically viable and resource-conserving
- 11/23/2016 : Awarded master thesis provides important insights on organic and conventional farming in a semi-arid environment
- 06/30/2016 : Organic equals conventional agriculture in the tropics
- 04/14/2015 : FiBL session on "Intensification of tropical agro-ecosystems" at the GTÖ conference in Zürich
- 09/23/2014 : FiBL’s scientists debate research findings at Tropentag conference
- 09/02/2014 : Participatory research – an efficient tool to empower farmers and foster innovation
- 12/05/2013 : Long-term trial in India shows: Organic Cotton is competitive with GM crops
- 08/27/2013 : FiBL trial takes centre stage at 3rd Bolivian national agroforestry congress
- 08/21/2012 : DOK trial: Sensory, yield and quality differences by production system
- 08/26/2011 : Project website launched for farming systems comparison in the tropics
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Status	FiBL	Title	Start	End
ongoing	CH	Regenerative transition at Mus Alparslan farm in Turkey	20.01.2025	31.12.2025
ongoing	CH	Ensuring domestic broccoli production with new and climate-resilient varieties to reduce the use of pesticides	01.01.2025	31.12.2027
ongoing	CH	Systemic Varietal tests on tomatoes resistant to ToBRFV	01.01.2025	31.12.2028
ongoing	CH	Rapeseed for Organic Farming - Use of Adapted Heterogeneous Material to Improve Resource Efficiency and Climate Adaptation (RapsOrg)	01.01.2025	31.12.2029
ongoing	CH	Focus on black-eyed peas: the grain legume for future climate strategies (AugenBlick)	01.01.2025	31.12.2027
ongoing	CH AT	Organic Farming Innovations Network Europe (OH-FINE)	01.11.2024	31.10.2028
ongoing	FR DE CH	Transforming the Mediterranean region through agroforestry: large scale restoration of degraded lands by overcoming the socioeconomic and sociocultural barriers for agroforestry adoption (TransforMed)	01.09.2024	31.08.2027
ongoing	CH	Influence of cultivation on the functional diversity of the soil in the "Frick trial on preparations and soil" (FunDiv-Frick)	02.04.2024	15.11.2027
completed	AT	Bionet Österreich 2024	01.04.2024	31.03.2025
ongoing	CH EU	Improving yields in organic cropping systems (OrganicYieldsUP)	01.02.2024	31.01.2028
ongoing	CH	Crop wild relatives utilization and conservation for sustainable agriculture (COUSIN)	01.01.2024	31.12.2028
ongoing	CH	Cowpea – an underutilised and drought-resistant grain legume for diverse nutrition and climate-friendly agriculture in Switzerland	01.01.2024	31.01.2026
ongoing	AT	Scientific monitoring of the Geoterra model farm of Liechtenstein Group AG based on agroecological approaches	01.01.2024	31.12.2028
completed	CH	Validation of microbiome-mediated resistance of pea to soil fatigue under field conditions (VaMiBO)	01.01.2024	31.12.2024
ongoing	CH	Farmer Science	01.01.2024	31.12.2026
completed	AT	Pilot project Bionet special crops	01.01.2024	31.03.2025
ongoing	CH	LupiSweet – Alkaloid monitoring in white lupin (LupiSweet)	01.01.2024	31.12.2027
ongoing	FR	Fruit production in agroforestry and development of water savings: multistate and syntropic mediterranean orchards (PARDESSYM)	01.01.2024	31.12.2027
ongoing	CH	Sulphur supply in organic arable farming	01.01.2024	31.12.2027
ongoing	CH	BioDiVerger: 10 years +	01.04.2023	31.03.2026
ongoing	CH	Pre-harvest and post-harvest innovations to reduce pome fruit storage losses (INNO-STOCK)	01.04.2023	31.03.2027
completed	CH	Develop and strategically expand the "organic sunflower oil" value chain from Switzerland with new impulses	01.03.2023	31.12.2024
ongoing	CH	Flower reservoirs in stone fruit orchards: promoting functional biodiversity with a low input strategy	01.03.2023	28.02.2026
ongoing	CH	Building a European Network for the Characterisation and Harmonisation of Monitoring Approaches for Research and Knowledge on Soils (BENCHMARKS)	01.01.2023	31.12.2027
ongoing	CH	Impact assessment of mechanical weed control on the environment and yields (Hackfolgen)	01.01.2023	31.12.2026
ongoing	CH	Strategies for the adaptation of arable farming systems to climate change and their contribution to climate protection in the Upper Rhine region (KLIMACrops)	01.10.2022	31.12.2025
completed	FR	Agroecological leverages for low-input fruit tree nurseries (Pépinière bas intrant – Veauvy)	01.10.2022	01.10.2024
ongoing	CH	Root2Res: Root phenotyping and genetic improvement for rotational crops resilient to environmental change (EU Root2Res)	01.09.2022	31.08.2027
ongoing	CH	Optimisation of nutrient budget in agriculture (NUTRIBUDGET)	01.09.2022	31.08.2026
completed	CH	Quality assurance in Swiss organic chicory production (Bio-Chicorée)	01.04.2022	31.03.2024
ongoing	CH	Optimisation of nitrogen use efficiency and climate effect of recycled fertilisers in organic agriculture (Recycle4Bio-II)	01.04.2022	31.03.2026
completed	AT	Bionet Österreich 2022 - Bioacker (Bionet)	01.04.2022	31.03.2024
completed	CH	Evidence-based transformation in pesticide governance (TRAPEGO)	01.01.2022	31.12.2024
ongoing	CH	Black goes green: Influence of biochar on soil water balance and chemical soil quality	01.09.2021	31.08.2025
completed	CH EU	BIOdiversity of soils and FArming Innovations for improved Resilience in European wheat agrosystems (BIOFAIR)	01.04.2021	31.03.2024
ongoing	CH	Alternative Bewirtschaftungsmethoden in Obstanlagen zur Reduktion von synthetischen Pflanzenschutzmittel mit Risikopotential. (ArboPhytoRed)	01.01.2021	31.12.2026
completed	CH	Optimization of non-chemical weed management in aromatic and medicinal plants (OGAPAM)	01.11.2020	01.05.2025
ongoing	CH	Synergistic use and protection of natural resources for rural livelihoods through systematic integration of crops, shrubs and livestock in the Sahel (SustainSAHEL)	01.09.2020	01.09.2025
ongoing	CH	Sustainable Plant Protection Transition: A Global Approach (SPRINT)	01.09.2020	31.12.2025
completed	CH	Resilient varieties for sustainable fruit growing in Switzerland (RESO)	01.09.2020	30.08.2024
completed		Etablierung des Lavendelanbaus im Mühlviertel - Kultivierungsversuche, Entwicklung von Ernte- und Aufbereitungstechniken sowie Produktentwicklung (Mühlviertler Granit Lavendel)	01.08.2020	31.07.2022
completed	DE CH	Overcoming the physical and mental barriers for upscaling Conservation Agriculture in the Mediterranean (ConServeTerra)	01.07.2020	30.06.2024
completed	CH	Plant microbiome recruitment for superior agricultural systems (AGRIBIOME)	01.04.2020	31.03.2024
completed	AT	Bionet Österreich 2020 - Bioacker (Bionet)	01.04.2020	31.03.2022
completed	CH	PROMISE – Sustainable protein supply with species mixtures in Switzerland – focus on pea and lentil (PROMISE)	01.02.2020	31.01.2024
completed	CH	Conversion from Integrated Production (IP) to organic farming: Long-term effects on the diversity of beneficial arthropods (Langzeitauswirkungen)	01.01.2020	31.12.2023
completed	CH	Bodenqualitätsindikatoren BQI-CH Perspektivmethode Infrarot-Spektroskopie	01.11.2019	01.02.2021
completed	CH	Training materials and courses for best practices in organic and dynamic Cocoa Agroforestry systems	01.11.2019	30.09.2022
completed	CH	Konzeption und Umsetzung des Klimafolgen-Bodenmonitoring-Verbunds für die Themen Bodenbiologie und organische Bodensubstanz (Verbund20: Klimafolgen-Bodenmonitoring)	14.10.2019	31.12.2020
completed	CH	Networking of Organic Reference Farms and Field Trial Demonstration (R2BIOGE)	01.07.2019	31.12.2020
completed	CH	Innovationen in der Sortenprüfung in Europa zur Förderung der Einführung neuer Sorten, die besser an verschiedene biotische und abiotische Stressbedingungen und an nachhaltigere Anbaumethoden angepasst sind (INVITE)	01.07.2019	30.06.2024
completed	AT	Erosion protection and resource conservation in organic maize cultivation	01.05.2019	31.12.2023
completed	CH	Influence of different fertilizers on yield and quality of organic potatoes	01.01.2019	31.12.2022
completed	CH	Dynamics of carbon sequestration and stabilisation in a long-term agricultural trial (DynaCarb)	01.01.2019	31.12.2022
completed	CH	Microbial nitrogen cycling and functional diversity of soil microbes in organic and conventional farming systems under temperate and tropical climates	01.01.2019	30.06.2022
completed	CH	Neue Wege im Pflanzenschutz im Bio-Obstbau: Entwicklung und Evaluation von IT-gestützten Pflanzenschutzverfahren im FiBL-Freiluft-Labor	01.01.2019	31.12.2021
completed	CH	Fertilizer Test Polysulphate	01.01.2019	31.07.2020
completed	DE CH	Green Innovation Centres for the Agriculture and Food Sector – Organic Working Group	01.01.2019	31.12.2020
completed	CH	How can agroecology build resilient livelihoods (BioviAgroec)	01.12.2018	31.12.2019
completed	CH	DOMINO -Dynamic sod mulching and use of recycled amendments to increase biodiversity, resilience and sustainability of intensive organic apple orchards and vineyards (DOMINO)	01.04.2018	02.08.2021
completed	CH	Klimawirkung von Recyclingdüngern und Pflanzenkohle: Emissionen von Lachgas, Methan und Ammoniak in einem Feldversuch	12.03.2018	30.06.2022
completed	CH	Microbiome diagnostics for a sustainable agriculture (Gebert Rüf Microbiome)	01.03.2018	28.02.2021
completed	DE	Organisation und Durchführung der Öko-Feldtage 2019	01.03.2018	31.08.2019
completed	CH	Low-input orchard (BioDiVerger)	01.01.2018	31.12.2022
completed	CH	Day of organic arable farming 2019	01.01.2018	31.12.2019
completed	CH	Use of robots for efficient weed control	01.01.2018	31.12.2021
completed	CH	Seeding the Green Future: Breeding for Securing Organic Cotton & Genetic Diversity Phase II (2018-2022) (SGF)	01.01.2018	30.06.2022
completed	CH	Determinants for a locally adapted sustainable agriculture in Switzerland (WWF-tLWS)	01.01.2018	30.06.2018
completed	CH	Update of the Greenpeace study (UpdateGreenpeace)	01.01.2018	30.06.2018
completed	CH	SOCORT – Kohlenstoffsequestrierung durch reduzierte Bodenbearbeitung im Biolandbau (SOCORT/SOCORT2)	01.10.2017	31.12.2019
completed	CH	Auswirkungen eines Hochfrequenz Strom Wandlers auf die Umwelt (Unkraut, Bodenbiologie und Fauna) (Zasso Elektroherb)	01.08.2017	31.12.2017
completed	CH DE	LIVESEED - Improve performance of organic agriculture by boosting organic seed and plant breeding efforts across Europe (LIVESEED)	01.06.2017	30.09.2021
completed	CH	Diversification through Rotation, Intercropping, Multiple Cropping, Promoted by Actors and Value Chains towards Sustainability (DiverIMPACTS)	01.05.2017	30.04.2022
completed	CH	ReMIX - Redesigning European cropping systems based on species MIXtures (ReMIX)	01.05.2017	30.04.2021
completed	CH	Optimal use of recycled fertiliser in organic farming: impact on yields and nitrogen efficiency (Recycle4Bio)	01.05.2017	31.07.2021
completed	CH FR	Sustainable parasite management in cattle and horses	01.04.2017	30.04.2020
completed	CH	Development of Integrated Management for Organic Fruit Production	01.04.2017	31.12.2019
completed	CH	Guidance values for soil organic matter in arable soils. Opportunities for implementation.	01.04.2017	31.08.2018
completed	CH	Nitrogen use efficiency in arable and vegetable production for reducing nitrate leaching losses to groundwater (NitroGäu)	01.04.2017	30.11.2021
completed	CH	Peer-to-peer Learning: Accessing Innovation through Demonstration (PLAID)	01.01.2017	30.06.2019
completed	CH	Variety trials maize	01.01.2017	31.12.2020
completed	CH	Wildbienenfördernde landwirtschaftliche Bewirtschaftung im Kanton Aargau (WildbiAG)	01.01.2017	31.12.2024
completed	CH	Managing soil biodiversity and ecosystem services in agroecosystems across Europe under climate change (SOILCLIM)	01.01.2017	31.12.2019
completed	CH	Seeding the Green Future: Breeding for Securing Organic Cotton & Genetic Diversity Phase I (Indian Cotton Season 2017/18) (SGF)	01.01.2017	31.03.2018
completed	CH	Alternatives to ploughing in organic agriculture	01.01.2017	31.12.2019
completed	CH	Introduction of "Precision farming" into Swiss organic farming	01.01.2017	31.12.2020
completed	CH	Treibhausgasbilanz: Treibhausgas-Emissionen aus landwirtschaftlichen Böden in der Schweiz	01.12.2016	30.11.2017
completed	CH	Development of selection systems and participatory breeding for weed suppression or tolerance of Swiss soya (Soybean Breeding)	01.10.2016	30.04.2021
completed	CH	Improvement of population breeding of open-pollinated broccoli as a replacement for cell-fusion based CMS hybrids (Brokkoli Züchtung)	01.10.2016	30.04.2021
completed	AT	Bionet Österreich 2016 - Bioacker (Bionet)	01.09.2016	31.03.2020
completed	DE	Öko-Feldtage 2017	01.07.2016	30.09.2017
completed	CH	Improving disease resistance of peas through selection at the plant-soil interface (resPEAct)	01.06.2016	31.12.2020
completed	FR CH	Sustainable control of phytoplasma borne lavender disease	01.05.2016	30.06.2020
completed	AT	Development of yield and humus formation in the soil through reduced soil cultivation and organic fertilization (green manure and organic fertilizer) (AG-BIOBO)	14.03.2016	28.02.2019
completed	CH	Development of direct and indirect measures against Marssonina coronaria on the basis of infection biology of the pathogen under European conditions	01.01.2016	31.12.2019
ongoing	CH	Monitoring of biodiversity on a farm during transition to bio-dynamic agriculture in a Swiss upland (2016-2025)	01.01.2016	31.12.2025
completed	CH	Integrated pest control of Colletotrichum coccodes and Helmin-thosporium solani in swiss potato production	01.01.2016	31.12.2019
completed	CH	Organic Agriculture in Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi OAS)	05.10.2015	23.03.2017
completed	CH	Mixed crops Fribourg	01.02.2015	31.12.2017
completed	CH	Analysis of wild bee diversity in different farm contexts and management regimes (Förderung Wildbienen und Bestäuber)	01.01.2015	31.12.2017
completed	CH	Innovative design and management to boost functional biodiversityof organic orchards (ECOORCHARD)	01.01.2015	31.12.2017
completed	CH	Improvement of the quality of organic oninons (BioZwiebeln)	01.01.2015	31.12.2020
completed	CH	Breeding research on anthracnose tolerance and intercropping of lupin	01.01.2014	31.12.2023
completed	CH	Zinc Biofortification of Wheat through Organic Matter Management in Sustainable Agriculture (ZOMM)	01.11.2013	31.10.2016
completed	CH	Structure and function of N2O producing and reducing microbial communities as influenced by soil management (NFP 68 – denitrification)	01.04.2013	30.03.2016
completed	CH	Dissemination of reduced tillage in the organic farming sector	01.01.2013	31.12.2017
ongoing	CH	Soil tillage experiment Schlatthof (Aesch trial)	01.01.2012
completed	CH	Efficient Forage Based Ruminant Systems (EFBS)	01.01.2012	31.12.2016
completed	CH	Expansion of soybean cultivation in Germany through breeding, agronomic optimization and processing technology; WP: Breeding for improved soybean-Bradyrhizobia symbiosis and N fixation under cool growing conditions (SOYA)	01.01.2011	31.12.2013
ongoing	AT	Biokompetenzzentrum Schlägl	01.01.2011
completed	CH	Distributed Infrastructure for EXPErimentation in Ecosystem Research (EXPEER)	01.12.2010	30.11.2014
completed	CH	Feldversuch für moderne Düngung- und Bodenpflege für Biorebbau	01.01.2010	31.12.2012
completed	CH	Influence of cropping system and cultivar on wheat quality (HPTLC Weizen)	01.01.2010	31.12.2012
completed	CH	Improving nutrient efficiency in major European food, feed and biofuel crops to reduce the negative environmental impact of crop production: Genotype x Management Interaction (NUE-CROPS)	01.05.2009	30.04.2014
completed	CH	Degustation von Weizen aus dem DOK-Versuch	01.01.2009	31.07.2011
completed	CH	Impact of transgenic crops on fertility of soils with different management history (NFP 59 Boden)	01.06.2007	30.05.2010
ongoing	CH	Long-term farming systems comparisons in the tropics (SysCom)	01.05.2005	31.12.2026
completed	CH	Elaboration of standards for site-specified fertilisation systems in organic farming in Europe based on long-term field experiments	01.01.1995	31.12.1997
ongoing	CH	DOK Experiment: Long-term study on bio-dynamic, bio-organic and conventional farming systems (DOK Experiment)	01.03.1978
ongoing	CH	Versuchs- und Beratungsaktivitäten im Rebbau
ongoing	CH	Vergleiche biologischer und konventioneller Anbausysteme (Bio-dyn.)

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