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26.08.22

New platform for the fight against Citrus Greening

It’s the worst disease that can affect citrus trees worldwide: Citrus Greening. To develop…

09.06.22

Survey for practitioners on organic vegetable growing

A growing world population and changing climatic conditions create nutritional challenges. Within…

11.02.22

Video: Indian cotton farmer meets Swiss influencer

We all wear clothes made of cotton. But what does it mean for the farmer who planted, cared for and…

23.12.21

Organic cocoa from agroforestry systems – international exchange in Bolivia

As part of the SysCom programme, FiBL Switzerland has been comparing organic and conventional cocoa…

16.12.21

International FiBL cotton project honoured with research prize

The FiBL project Green Cotton/Seeding the Green Future of the Department of International…

06.12.21

Positive list of cell fusion-free vegetable varieties updated

For the fifth time since 2018, FiBL, together with organic associations, is publishing a list of…

04.11.21

New guide on harvest and post-harvest handling of herbs for Kosovo

Harvesting and post-harvest handling have an enormous influence on the quality of medicinal and…

20.08.21

How to increase the sustainability of global supply chains

Consumers are demanding more corporate responsibility and more sustainable products; from palm oil…

01.07.21

Video: Insights into the BRESOV project

BRESOV (Breeding for Resilient, Efficient and Sustainable Organic Vegetable production) is a Horizon…

22.06.21

Flowers in the cabbage patch are good for beneficials

In order to support beneficial insects and control pests FiBL developed the idea of integrating…
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Status	FiBL	Title	Start	End
ongoing	CH	Cacao Field Lab Peru	01.03.2024	30.12.2026
ongoing	CH	Development of local compost production to optimize coffee production (Biofabrica)	08.02.2024	31.12.2026
ongoing	CH	Carbon footprint and other environmental impacts in different cacao production system: a long-term analysis	01.01.2024	30.11.2028
completed	CH	Sustainable Sourcing Landscapes in Colombia	20.11.2023	20.11.2024
ongoing	CH	Capitalization of Agroecological Research Evidence from the r4d programme in West Africa (CARE R4D)	01.04.2023	30.03.2026
completed	CH	Promoting the Sara Ana Center in Bolivia as a renowned international training and research centre for cacao related agroforestry	01.10.2022	30.06.2025
completed	CH	Cocoa-based dynamic agroforestry and wild Bolivian specialty cocoa value chain development (Amazonia resiliente)	10.04.2022	31.07.2023
completed	CH	Cocoa Value Chain Analysis for Development Ecuador (Cocoa VCA 4D)	02.10.2020	31.07.2021
completed	CH	Facilitating organic cocoa development in Central Cameroon	01.09.2020	31.12.2022
completed	CH	Sustainable cocoa sourcing landscapes in Peru	01.07.2020	30.06.2022
ongoing	CH	Strengthening the competitiveness of various value chains in Peru (SeCompetitivo Peru)	22.06.2020
completed	CH	Training materials and courses for best practices in organic and dynamic Cocoa Agroforestry systems	01.11.2019	30.09.2022
completed	CH	Meta-analysis on the sustainability of cocoa production systems along a diversity gradient (Biodiversity Climate)	01.01.2019	30.04.2020
completed	CH	Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Framework for the Swiss Platform for Sustainable Cocoa	01.10.2018	30.04.2019
completed	CH	Dynamic Agroforestry Systems (DAFS) (DAFS)	01.04.2018	31.12.2021
completed	CH	Enhancing supply chain stability, resilience and sustainability through improved sub-supplier management – chocolate and cotton apparel case studies	01.01.2018	30.06.2022
completed	CH	Fostering sustainability in production and trade of raw materials, horticulture and tropical products (RaMHOT): assessing the impact of certification schemes on farm incomes, inclusive rural development and market access (RaMHOT)	20.12.2017	20.12.2018
completed	CH	Colombia + Competitiva - Strengthening the Competitiveness of the Private Sector	01.01.2017	30.06.2019
completed	AT CH	Organic Food Systems Africa (OFSA)	01.03.2016	28.02.2019
completed	CH	Cadmium availability in soils and its uptake by cocoa in Latin America (CdOCOA)	01.04.2014	31.12.2016
completed	CH	Barry Callebaut cocoa production research: System research approach to increase cocoa sustainability	01.05.2011	31.12.2016

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Special crops

What FiBL is doing on this theme

News on the theme

New platform for the fight against Citrus Greening

Survey for practitioners on organic vegetable growing

Video: Indian cotton farmer meets Swiss influencer

Organic cocoa from agroforestry systems – international exchange in Bolivia

International FiBL cotton project honoured with research prize

Positive list of cell fusion-free vegetable varieties updated

New guide on harvest and post-harvest handling of herbs for Kosovo

How to increase the sustainability of global supply chains

Video: Insights into the BRESOV project

Flowers in the cabbage patch are good for beneficials

Relevant publications for practitioners

Projects on the theme

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