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What FiBL is doing on this theme
- Background: Mediterranean farming systems
- Projects by region, Department of International Cooperation, FiBL Switzerland
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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…

29.11.16

First sociological study of the emerging organic sector in the post-socialist country of Bulgaria

A book summarises the main findings of a Swiss-Bulgarian research project, coordinated by the…

11.10.16

Microorganisms, mixed crops and recycled fertilizer may help date palm cultivation

Date palm is an important crop in Morocco, Tunisia and many other dryland ecosystems. The prevailing…

11.07.16

FiBL scientists report the major bottlenecks of organic cotton production in India

FiBL scientists have released a report identifying "Major bottlenecks of cotton production in Nimar…

06.11.15

FiBL and Abu Dhabi Farmers’ Services Centre sign contract

Over the next four years, experts in organic agriculture will visit the UAE in order to establish a…

13.08.14

Successful final workshop on the promotion of organic farming at universities in South-East Europe

The final workshop of the SCOPES (Scientific co-operation between Eastern Europe and Switzerland)…

31.03.14

New project to provide comparative scientific evidence on the economic performance of organic farming in Africa

Organic agriculture is increasingly recognized as a means to improving food security in Africa.…

15.02.13

Marketing organic products in Africa – New training video presented at BioFach

Switzerland’s Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) presents a new training video…

11.10.12

Organic agriculture in Saudi Arabia: Sector study

This first organic sector study for Saudi Arabia offers an overview of a young but steadily growing…

10.05.12

First organic sector study for Albania now published

Albania’s organic sector is still nascent, but is developing most dynamically. FiBL, working with…
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Status	FiBL	Title	Start	End
ongoing	CH	Development of Organic Stone Fruit Production Technology	26.04.2023	31.12.2025
completed	CH	Study of the impacts of the new EU Organic Regulation 2018/848 on smallholder value chains and the EU organic market	01.04.2023	31.10.2024
completed	CH	COLEAD Digital Collective Training on “Adapt Your Internal Control System (ICS) to the New EU Regulation on Organic Production"	01.01.2023	31.12.2024
completed	CH	Evaluation VEGI Mongolia (Eval VEGI Mongolia)	15.12.2022	30.06.2023
ongoing	CH	Transformation for sustainable nutrient supply and management (trans4num)	01.12.2022	30.11.2026
completed	CH	Agroecological transition and organic certification in Vietnam to empower rural communities (SNF Agro-econvert)	01.04.2022	31.03.2025
completed	CH	Assessment of research for development pathways (R4D-ASSESS)	01.01.2022	30.06.2023
ongoing	CH	Consumption of Resilient Orphan Crops & Products for Healthier Diets (CROPS4HD)	01.07.2021
completed	CH	Sri Lanka: Conversion to organic farming and scientific support on organic fertilization (Sri Lanka Bio Conversion)	28.06.2021	31.12.2023
completed	CH	Conducting of trainings for cotton farmers and selected key stakeholders in the implementation of organic cotton standards in Uzbek cotton production	16.04.2020	31.10.2021
completed	CH	OCA Organic Cotton Training Curriculum (OCTC)	01.03.2020	30.04.2021
completed	CH	Iranian-Swiss Intellectual Property Project (IRSIP) (Iranian-Swiss Intellectual Property Project (IRSIP))	01.02.2020	31.12.2023
completed	CH	Fact finding for the establishment of a direct value chain for Bio Suisse certified green pistachio kernels from Turkey	01.02.2020	30.04.2020
completed	CH	Role of crop diversification in livelihood improvement of Indian organic cotton growers	17.01.2020	31.10.2020
completed	DE	Expansion of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan local smallholder organic agriculture and forest-based food products to EU Markets (ELSOFP)	01.01.2020	31.12.2022
ongoing	CH	Overseas Agriculture Sector Intern Scholarship (OASIS) Program (EPIS-OASIS-Program)	01.01.2018
completed	CH DE	Green Innovation Centres in the Agriculture and Food Sector - Working Group on Organic Agriculture	01.08.2017	31.01.2023
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	Enhancing Food Security and Agricultural Sustainability by Integrating Production Systems: Promotion of Low Input Dairy Management at Mirim Farm in DPR of Korea	01.11.2015	31.10.2016
completed	CH	Organic Agriculture in Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi OAS)	05.10.2015	23.03.2017
completed	CH	Nutrition in Mountain Agro-ecosystems (NMA)	01.05.2015	31.05.2021
completed	DE	Improving nutrition by integrating low-input livestock and crop production in sustainable farm management in DPR of Korea (LiveCrop (DPR Korea))	01.04.2015	31.12.2018
completed	CH	Zinc Biofortification of Wheat through Organic Matter Management in Sustainable Agriculture (ZOMM)	01.11.2013	31.10.2016
ongoing	CH	Decentralised farmers participatory identification and selection of cotton cultivars suitable to organic and Low-Input conditions in India (Green Cotton)	01.01.2013
completed	CH	Trade Related Technical Assistance Project 3 (TRTA 3)	01.01.2013	31.12.2016
completed	CH	Cotton Cultivar Evaluation for organic and low input farming in India (CCE)	01.06.2011	30.05.2017
completed	CH	Barry Callebaut cocoa production research: System research approach to increase cocoa sustainability	01.05.2011	31.12.2016
completed	CH	The Establishment of a Competence Centre for Organic and Sustainable Agriculture, DPR of Korea	01.04.2011	31.07.2014
completed	CH	Fertile Soil for Peri-Urban Agriculture in Hyderabad	01.01.2011	31.12.2013
completed	CH	Indian Organic Market Development Project IOMDP; Organic and Fair Trade cashew nuts from Ajanta Industries for the global market	01.09.2010	31.12.2013
completed	CH	Indian Organic Market Development Project IOMDP; Organic and Fair Trade cashew nuts from FTAK for the global market	01.07.2010	31.12.2013
ongoing	CH	Long-term farming systems comparisons in the tropics (SysCom)	01.05.2005	31.12.2026
completed	CH	Organic Certification, Indonesia	01.01.2005	31.12.2006
completed	CH	Organic Certification and Market Development, Lebanon	01.01.2005	31.12.2011
completed	CH	Indian Organic Market Development Project (IOMDP)	01.06.2004	31.12.2008
ongoing	AT CH	Coop – Import of organic fruits and vegetables	01.01.2002

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News on the theme

Cacao agroforestry systems increase farmers’ income

First sociological study of the emerging organic sector in the post-socialist country of Bulgaria

Microorganisms, mixed crops and recycled fertilizer may help date palm cultivation

FiBL scientists report the major bottlenecks of organic cotton production in India

FiBL and Abu Dhabi Farmers’ Services Centre sign contract

Successful final workshop on the promotion of organic farming at universities in South-East Europe

New project to provide comparative scientific evidence on the economic performance of organic farming in Africa

Marketing organic products in Africa – New training video presented at BioFach

Organic agriculture in Saudi Arabia: Sector study

First organic sector study for Albania now published

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