Field trials

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08.11.17

FiBL and Indian agricultural university sign MoU to embark on collaborative projects

In a brief ceremony on 5 November, representatives of FiBL and the vice-chancellor of the PDKV…

23.02.17

Cacao agroforestry systems increase farmers’ income

A long-term study in Bolivia comparing different cacao production systems shows that in addition to…

24.11.16

Organic farming in sub-Saharan Africa is productive, economically viable and resource-conserving

A long-term study in Kenya shows that maize yields and nutrient uptake in the organic farming…

23.11.16

Awarded master thesis provides important insights on organic and conventional farming in a semi-arid environment

The Fiat Panis Foundation awarded the Hans H. Ruthenberg Award 2016 to a student from the Research…

30.06.16

Organic equals conventional agriculture in the tropics

A long-term study by the Swiss Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) in Kenya has shown…

14.04.15

FiBL session on "Intensification of tropical agro-ecosystems" at the GTÖ conference in Zürich

The need for the intensification of tropical agro-ecosystems has been widely recognized - but how to…

23.09.14

FiBL’s scientists debate research findings at Tropentag conference

This year’s Conference on Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural and Natural Resource Management…

02.09.14

Participatory research – an efficient tool to empower farmers and foster innovation

Participatory agricultural research has emerged as an internationally acknowledged method to…

05.12.13

Long-term trial in India shows: Organic Cotton is competitive with GM crops

Organic cotton shows lower yields than genetically modified (GM) Bt cotton. Nevertheless, the lower…

27.08.13

FiBL trial takes centre stage at 3rd Bolivian national agroforestry congress

For a good four years, FiBL has coordinated a comparative trial of conventional and organic cocoa…
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Status	FiBL	Title	Start	End
ongoing	CH	Pre-harvest and post-harvest innovations to reduce pome fruit storage losses (INNO-STOCK)	01.04.2023	31.03.2027
completed	FR	Agroecological leverages for low-input fruit tree nurseries (Pépinière bas intrant – Veauvy)	01.10.2022	01.10.2024
completed	CH	Evidence-based transformation in pesticide governance (TRAPEGO)	01.01.2022	31.12.2024
ongoing	CH	Alternative Bewirtschaftungsmethoden in Obstanlagen zur Reduktion von synthetischen Pflanzenschutzmittel mit Risikopotential. (ArboPhytoRed)	01.01.2021	31.12.2026
ongoing	CH	Sustainable Plant Protection Transition: A Global Approach (SPRINT)	01.09.2020	31.12.2025
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
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	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	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	How can agroecology build resilient livelihoods (BioviAgroec)	01.12.2018	31.12.2019
completed	CH	Update of the Greenpeace study (UpdateGreenpeace)	01.01.2018	30.06.2018
completed	CH	Determinants for a locally adapted sustainable agriculture in Switzerland (WWF-tLWS)	01.01.2018	30.06.2018
completed	CH	Use of robots for efficient weed control	01.01.2018	31.12.2021
completed	CH	Low-input orchard (BioDiVerger)	01.01.2018	31.12.2022
completed	CH	SOCORT – Kohlenstoffsequestrierung durch reduzierte Bodenbearbeitung im Biolandbau (SOCORT/SOCORT2)	01.10.2017	31.12.2019
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	Nitrogen use efficiency in arable and vegetable production for reducing nitrate leaching losses to groundwater (NitroGäu)	01.04.2017	30.11.2021
completed	CH	Alternatives to ploughing in organic agriculture	01.01.2017	31.12.2019
completed	CH	Efficient Forage Based Ruminant Systems (EFBS)	01.01.2012	31.12.2016
ongoing	CH	Vergleiche biologischer und konventioneller Anbausysteme (Bio-dyn.)

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Field trials

What FiBL is doing on this theme

News on the theme

FiBL and Indian agricultural university sign MoU to embark on collaborative projects

Cacao agroforestry systems increase farmers’ income

Organic farming in sub-Saharan Africa is productive, economically viable and resource-conserving

Awarded master thesis provides important insights on organic and conventional farming in a semi-arid environment

Organic equals conventional agriculture in the tropics

FiBL session on "Intensification of tropical agro-ecosystems" at the GTÖ conference in Zürich

FiBL’s scientists debate research findings at Tropentag conference

Participatory research – an efficient tool to empower farmers and foster innovation

Long-term trial in India shows: Organic Cotton is competitive with GM crops

FiBL trial takes centre stage at 3rd Bolivian national agroforestry congress

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