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Welcome to FiBL – Introduction to FiBL activities

Welcome to FiBL – Introduction to FiBL activities. Eric Wyss. Functional biodiversity is of great importance…. in organic agriculture, because pest and disease control tools are limited for organic farmers as part of the strategy to control pests and diseases

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Welcome to FiBL – Introduction to FiBL activities

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  1. Welcome to FiBL – Introduction to FiBL activities Eric Wyss

  2. Functional biodiversity is of great importance… • in organic agriculture, because pest and disease control tools are limited • for organic farmers as part of the strategy to control pests and diseases Therefore, FiBL is highly interested… • to improve the tools of functional biodiversity by basic and applied research • to closely cooperate with partners

  3. Pioneer institute for organic farming

  4. FiBL at a glance • Private foundation, founded 1973 • Team: 125 employees • 20 trainees, master students and Ph.D., apprentices • Revenue: 18million SFr. (12million Euro) • Experimental farm (40 ha) • Organic winery (4 ha) • On Farm-Research on 200 farms in Switzerland

  5. FiBL.org FiBL in Frankfurt: 15 Collaborators Bioinstitut in Olomouc: 5 Collaborators FiBL in Vienna: 15 Collaborators FiBL in Frick: 125 Collaborators

  6. Diversified financement of FiBL Scientific projects > EU programs > Private institutions > Official institutions >Industry Official mandate by the Ministry of Agriculture Consulting > Cantons > Migros + Coop > Seco, DEZA, GTZ > Bio Suisse

  7. C O M D O M D C O M C D C D O M Highlights of the research Long-term system comparison trial DOC (Mäder et al. Science 2002)

  8. Problem Cause Research in Plant Protection

  9. Research in Plant Protection Solutions

  10. Research in Plant Protection The product

  11. Research in food quality Nutrition and food quality Processing Food safety Evaluation of new technologies

  12. Research in animal health Reduction of antibiotics Reduction of concentrated feed

  13. Socio-economy Business management Agricultural policy Consumers

  14. International Cooperation Education and extension Market development Long-term system comparisons in India, Kenya and Bolivia

  15. Extension and Education

  16. New research focus • Can organic agriculture help to solve soil erosion + climate change? • How can biodiversity be improved on organic farms? • How to make biodiversity functional for organic farmers? • How to educate farmers for sustainability? What skills do they need?

  17. I wish you a functional and diverse workshop !

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