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Constructing Consistent Multiscale Scenarios by Transdisciplinary Processes: the Case of Mountain Regions Facing Global Change
Provedor de dados: Ecology and Society
Autores: Brand, Fridolin Simon; Natural and Social Science Interface, Institute for Environmental Decisions, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich; fridolin.brand@env.ethz.ch; Seidl, Roman; Natural and Social Science Interface; Institute for Environmental Decisions; Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich; roman.seidl@env.ethz.ch; Le, Quang Bao; Natural and Social Science Interface; Institute for Environmental Decisions; Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich; quang.le@env.ethz.ch; Scholz, Roland Werner; Natural and Social Science Interface; Institute for Environmental Decisions; Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich; roland.scholz@env.ethz.ch.
Alpine regions in Europe, in particular, face demanding local challenges, e.g., the decline in the agriculture and timber industries, and are also prone to global changes, such as in climate, with potentially severe impacts on tourism. We focus on the Visp region in the Upper Valais, Switzerland, and ask how the process of stakeholder involvement in research practice can contribute to a better understanding of the specific challenges and future development of mountainous regions under global change. Based on a coupled human-environment system (HES) perspective, we carried out a formative scenario analysis to develop a set of scenarios for the future directions of the Visp region. In addition, we linked these regional scenarios to context scenarios...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Global change; Human-environment systems; Mountain regions; Scenario analysis; Sustainability science; Switzerland; Transdisciplinarity.
Ano: 2013

Strengthening Regional Cohesion: Collaborative Networks and Sustainable Development in Swiss Rural Areas
Provedor de dados: Ecology and Society
Autores: Hirschi, Christian; ETH Zurich; christian.hirschi@env.ethz.ch.
This paper makes both a theoretical and empirical contribution to a better understanding of how specific forms of network governance play a crucial role in enhancing sustainable development in rural areas. Drawing on the literature on social capital and social networks, I argue that a region has to achieve a certain level of cohesion in the network structure among actors from different societal sectors and governmental levels to strengthen rural sustainable development. However, to sustain positive regional development in the longer term, network structures also need to guarantee fragmentation and flexibility by including actors with varying views and interests. Empirically, the paper looks at the new policy of regional nature parks in Switzerland. The...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Cohesion; Regional nature parks; Social network analysis; Sustainable regional development; Switzerland.
Ano: 2010

Combining Policy Network and Model-Based Scenario Analyses: An Assessment of Future Ecosystem Goods and Services in Swiss Mountain Regions
Provedor de dados: Ecology and Society
Autores: Hirschi, Christian; Professorship of Environmental Policy and Economics, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich); christian.hirschi@env.ethz.ch; Widmer, Alexander; Professorship of Environmental Policy and Economics, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich); widmeale@env.ethz.ch; Briner, Simon; Agri-food and Agri-environmental Economics Group, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich); briners@ethz.ch; Huber, Robert; Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL; robert.huber@wsl.ch.
We argue that the often-proclaimed disregard of ex-ante assessments of the provision of ecosystem goods and services in policy-making processes is not only due to a neglect or a misinterpretation of the results of such assessments in the relevant political processes, but also due to an inaccurate inclusion of political variables into those assessments. To address this weakness, we combine a model-based scenario analysis with a policy network analysis. Analyzing the structure of the policy network and taking into account the policy preferences of the individual network actors allows us to assess the feasibility and likelihood of policy developments as derived from scenario-based modeling assessments. We demonstrate the applicability of our approach in an...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy; Ecosystem goods and services; Ex-ante assessments; Model-based scenario analysis; Mountain regions; Policy network analysis; Switzerland.
Ano: 2013

Notes on species of the genus Brachyptera newport (Plecoptera) from the Netherlands and Switzerland
Provedor de dados: Naturalis Digital Academic Repository
Autores: Tol, J. van.
A re-examination of the Dutch material of the stonefly genus Brachyptera resulted in the establishment of B. braueri (Klapálek, 1900) (new to the Netherlands) and B. risi (Morton, 1896) as indigenous species, although both are now locally extinct. The occurrence of B. trifasciata (Pictet) in this country could not be confirmed. B. braueri is also recorded from Switzerland for the first time.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Plecoptera; Brachyptera; The Netherlands; Switzerland; 42.75.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318210

On Trichia alpicola (Eder, 1921) from Switzerland (Mollusca: Gastropoda Pulmonata: Hygromiidae) and the spiral sculpture on its shell
Provedor de dados: Naturalis Digital Academic Repository
Autores: Gittenberger, E.; Neuteboom, W.H.
The nominal taxon Fruticicola villosa var. alpicola Eder, 1921, is provisionally considered a separate Trichia species next to T. villosa. The hairs and the spiral sculpture on the shells of both species are illustrated.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Pulmonata; Hygromiidae; Trichia; Taxonomy; Microsculpture; Switzerland; 42.73.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/319004

[The Fossil Record of the Eurasian Neogene Insectivores (Erinaceomorpha, Soricomorpha, Mammalia), Part I.]: Switzerland
Provedor de dados: Naturalis Digital Academic Repository
Autores: Engesser, B.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Insectivore faunas; Neogene; Switzerland; 38.22; 42.84.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/215614

Recent changes in distribution of dragonflies in Switzerland (Odonata)
Provedor de dados: Naturalis Digital Academic Repository
Autores: Gonseth, Y.; Monnerat, C.
Recent changes in distribution of dragonflies in Switzerland (Odonata)   In 1998 the Swiss Centre for the Cartography of Fauna (CSCF) initiated ‘Odonata 2000’. This project aimed at testing a method for periodical reassessment of Red Lists in Switzerland. The study was carried out on Odonata and consisted of the resampling of known localities of threatened species and the sampling of new localities. Based on the number of sites where a given species has been found in the periods 1970-1998 and 1999-2000, trends were calculated for each species. The results show that since 1994 three species have disappeared from Switzerland, nine species have declined, two species have increased and 64 species have remained stable. Crocothemis erythraea, Lestes virens,...
Tipo: Article in monograph or in proceedings
Palavras-chave: Odonata; Switzerland; Faunistics; Red list; Conservation; Trends; 42.75.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/219850

Two new species of Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Euphorinae, Braconinae) from Switzerland and The Netherlands
Provedor de dados: Naturalis Digital Academic Repository
Autores: Achterberg, C. van.
Meteorus angiclypealis spec. nov. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae) from Switzerland and Bracon flevo spec. nov. (Braconinae) from The Netherlands are described and illustrated.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Hymenoptera; Braconidae; Euphorinae; Braconinae; Meteorus; Bracon; Palaearctic; Switzerland; The Netherlands; 42.75.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/217454

Eine Erhebung zur Parasitenkontrolle auf biologisch  wirtschaftenden Schaf- und Ziegenbetrieben in der Schweiz
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Bollinger, SB; Moakes, Simon; Stolze, Matthias; Werne, S.
To determine the current control measures for strointestinal nematodes (GIN) on Swiss organic small ruminant farms, a phone questionnaire was developed and conducted. The survey also aimed to assess the understanding and implementation of  possible alternative GIN control options. In total, 52 meat sheep and 58 dairy goat farm questionnaires were completed, and it was found that in general, farmers were aware of the potential benefit of an adequate grazing management to reduce GIN infection. However, practical realisation was often limiting. On average it was stated that adult meat sheep and dairy goats were drenched 1.5 and 1.3 times per animal and year, respectively, whilst lambs and kids were treated 1.6 and 1.3 times per animal and year, respectively....
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Sheep and goats; Health and welfare; Switzerland.
Ano: 2017
URL: http://orgprints.org/31601/1/Eine%20Erhebung%20zur%20Parasitenkontrolle%20auf%20biologisch.pdf

Statistik der biologisch wirtschaftenden Landwirtschaftsbetriebe der Schweiz 1993
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Freyer, B.; Horisberger, A.
Diese Publikationen informiert mit ausführlichen Tabellen, Grafiken und erläuternden Texten die Situation des biologischen Landbaus in der Schweiz im Jahr 1993.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Switzerland; Surveys and statistics.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://orgprints.org/15835/1/freyer%2Dhorisberger%2D1993%2Dstatistik%2Dschweiz.pdf

Organics Olympiad 2012: Global Indices of Leadership in  Organic Agriculture
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Paull, John.
One hundred and sixty countries now practice organic agriculture. But where are the pockets of excellence? The Organics Olympiad 2012 presents twelve indices of organics leadership with awards medals of gold, silver and bronze in each category. Twenty seven countries score medals in the Organics Olympiad 2012. Germany leads with four medals, India takes second position with one gold and one silver, and Switzerland and USA are equal third on the medal tally, each with one gold and one bronze medal .
Tipo: Newspaper or magazine article
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Africa; Asia; Australia; Austria; Brazil; China; Denmark; European Union; Finland; France; India; Italy; Latin America; Switzerland; United States; Knowledge management; Germany; Mexico.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://orgprints.org/22527/7/22527.pdf

Biolandbau in der Schweiz 2002
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Niggli, Urs.
Inhaltsübersicht  1 Biolandbau in der Schweizer Agrarpolitik  2 Ursprünge des biologischen Landbaus  3 Richtlinien des biologischen Landbaus  4 Entwicklung des biologischen Landbaus (Anbau, Markt)  5 Die Label  6 Inspektion und Zertifizierung  7 Informationsstellen
Tipo: Other
Palavras-chave: Switzerland.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://orgprints.org/2916/1/niggli%2D2002%2Dschweiz.pdf

Sustainable management of cultivated peatlands in Switzerland: Insights, challenges, and opportunities
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Ferré, Marie; Müller, Adrian; Leifeld, Jens; Bader, Cédric; Müller, Moritz; Engel, Stefanie; Wichmann, Sabine.
Major common production activities on organic soils require drainage, which results in the loss of important ecosystem services such as carbon storage. This paper provides an overview of the farming situation on organic soils in a western region of Switzerland characterized by intensive vegetable farming and therefore by high opportunity costs of adopting sustainable practices on these soils. Based on a review of the academic and grey literature and interviews with regional experts, we find that the main challenges to a change in management practices include the profitability of the current land use, the difficult economic environment of farmers, the cultural background associated with the region, and the absence of systematic data on soil properties. We...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Soil; Switzerland.
Ano: 2019
URL: http://orgprints.org/35588/1/Ferre-etal-2019-LUP-Vol87-p104019.pdf

30 Jahre Bio Suisse: «Vorher waren wir ein verstreuter Haufen
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Alföldi, Thomas.
Im Auftrag von Bio Suisse und mit Unterstützung der Fondation Sur-la-Croix hat das FiBL die Geschichte des Biolandbaus in der Schweiz in einem Film dokumentiert (wann und wo zu sehen, erfahren Sie im nächsten Heft). Die Gründung von Bio Suisse vor 30 Jahren ist ein Meilenstein. Für bioaktuell wurden  einige Bilder aus dem Film zu einer Chronik zusammengestellt.
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Switzerland; History of organics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://orgprints.org/20317/1/4_5_bioaktuell_1011.pdf

Coordination of European Transnational Research in Organic Food and Farming (CORE Organic): Work Package 3: Mapping of organic farming research. Subtask Switzerland: Mapping of Organic Farming Research in Switzerland
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
CORE Organic is a 3-year Coordination Action in organic food and farming. The overall objective is to gather a critical mass and enhance quality, relevance and utilisation of resources in European research in organic food and farming. The final goal is to establish a joint research programme.    As part of work package 3 FiBL is in charge of editing the Swiss Organic Eprints as well as providing a country report about Switzerland.
Tipo: Project description
Palavras-chave: Switzerland; Research communication and quality.
Ano: 2023

Australia's original Demeter Farm (1934-1954)
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Paull, John.
Two members of Rudolf Steiner’s Experimental Circle were the first to establish a Demeter Farm in Australia. In 1934 Ileen Macpherson (1898-1984) and Ernesto Genoni (1885-1964) founded their ‘Demeter Biological Farm’ on the Princes Highway in Dandenong, Victoria. They were guided by Steiner’s book of his Agriculture Course (1924). They managed their 40 acre farm using biodynamic (BD) practices for the next two decades. Ileen and Ernesto pioneered biodynamic and thereby organic farming in Australia. They were the first to adopt the name ‘Demeter’ for an Australian BD enterprise. This was before the terms ‘biodynamic farming’ and ‘organic farming’ had any currency (which date from 1938 and 1940 respectively). They worked their BD farm for two decades until...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Farming Systems; Australia; Italy; Switzerland; History of organics.
Ano: 2017
URL: http://orgprints.org/32143/1/Paull2017.Demeter.JBDT.pdf

Koordinierter Wissensaustausch für Innovationen und Forschung im biologischen Landbau
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Strasser, F.; Alföldi, T.; Baumann, D.; Charles, R.; Dubois, D.; Fried, P.M.; Gallmann, P.; Kaufmann, R.
To optimize the spreading of knowledge in different fields of organic farming and to support its transfer to the different stakeholders, Agroscope (the 6 Swiss Federal Agricultural Research Stations) and FiBL (the Research Institute of  Organic Farming) meet at a regular bases to coordinate their research. The main task  is to identify research needs together with farmers and other interested groups and to help with the implementation of research projects. Knowledge transfer is done mainly by annual meetings in cooperation with local organic farmer organisations and once a year a specific workshop/meeting is organized for researchers.
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Switzerland; Technology transfer.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://orgprints.org/3451/1/3451.pdf

Der Kenntnisstand zu Tierschutz und Welfare in der Speisefischproduktion
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Tschudi, Fridolin; Stamer, Andreas.
Die Bedeutung der Aquakultur nimmt in den letzten Jahren stetig zu. Mit einer durchschnittlichen, weltweiten Wachstumsrate von 6-8 % pro Jahr ist die Aquakultur der zur Zeit am schnellsten wachsende Sektor tierischer Nahrungsprodukte (CIWF 2009). Durch die massive Überfischung der Weltmeere und das dadurch sinkende Angebot an hochwertigem Wildfang (Worm et al. 2006) kann zudem mit einem weiteren Wachstum der Aquakultur gerechnet werden.  Aquakulturbetriebe erhalten somit einen immer wichtigeren wirtschaftlichen Stellenwert und gelangen stärker in den Fokus der Öffentlichkeit. Weltweit, speziell auch in der Schweiz, entstanden in den letzten Jahren neue Betriebe mit neuen Betriebsformen. Technisch anspruchsvolle Kreislaufanlagen unterscheiden sich dabei in...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Aquaculture; Switzerland; Regulation.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://orgprints.org/21717/1/20120621_Fischwohl_Finalisierung_Stamer_vers_VI-hw.pdf

Research in Organic Food and Farming. Reports on organisation and conduction of research programmes in 11 European countries
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
This publication represents reports on the organization and conduction of research programmes in 11 European countries involved in the ERA-NET/1/CA-SSA-B No 011716 ”CORE Organic” (Coordination of European Transnational Research in Organic Food and Farming, Project no 011716). This publication evolved as a comprehensive project output but it is not a deliverable as such.   Due to the genesis of research in Organic Food &amp; Farming the present scientific resources in Europe are still scattered. A cross-border aggregation of these resources will help to reach a higher relevance of organic agriculture and a fortifi cation of the involved benefi ts for rural development, environment and consumers.   These benefits are more and more acknowledged by policy...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Netherlands; Switzerland; Austria; Italy; Sweden; Finland; Germany; France; United Kingdom; Policy environments and social economy; Research communication and quality; Denmark.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://orgprints.org/8798/1/lange%2Detal%2D2006%2Dcoreorganic%2Dreports.pdf

Ernesto Genoni: Australia’s pioneer of biodynamic agriculture
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Paull, John.
Ernesto Genoni (1885-1975) pioneered biodynamic agriculture in Australia. In 1928 he was the first of (ultimately) twelve Australians to join Rudolf Steiner’s Experimental Circle of Anthroposophical Farmers and Gardeners (ECAFG) which was based at the Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland. Ernesto trained as an artist for five years at Milan’s prestigious Brera Academy. He visited his brothers in Australia, broad-acre immigrant farmers in Western Australia, in 1912 and 1914 and during these visits he worked on their, and other’s, farms. In 1916 he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) and served as a stretcher bearer on the battlefields of the Somme, France, before being conscripted into the Italian Army and serving jail-time in Italy as a draft...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Australia; France; Italy; Switzerland; United Kingdom; History of organics; Germany.
Ano: 2014
URL: http://orgprints.org/27514/18/27514.pdf

Country Report on Organic Farming Research in Switzerland
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Alföldi, Thomas; Niggli, Urs; Willer, Helga; Fried, Padruot M.; Strasser, Freddie; Dubois, David; Baumann, Daniel; Kaufmann, Robert; Gallmann, Peter; Charles, Raphael.
The report presents the current (2005) status of organic farming resarch in Switzerland.     Switzerland has a long history of organic farming research, which in its beginnings has been carried out by organic farming pioneers and by private institutions like the Goetheanum, Möschberg Centre and the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL). It was in the 1990s, when Swiss Federal Agricultural Research Stations (Agroscope) became also involved in organic research topics.     It can be estimated that currently approximately € 7.5 million per annum are allocated very specifically to organic farming research from public budgets.    The National Research Programme is organised according to a four-year research concept of the Swiss Federal Office of...
Tipo: Book chapter
Palavras-chave: Switzerland; Research communication and quality.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://orgprints.org/8758/1/alfoeldi%2Detal%2D2006%2Dswitzerland.pdf

Anforderungen im Biolandbau - Kurzfassung 2006. Länderausgabe Schweiz
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Schmutz, Res.
Die "Anforderungen im Biolandbau - Kurzfassung 2006" gibt in Tabellenform einen Überblick über den Inhalt der Bio-Verordnung des Bundes. In einer separaten Spalte sind die zusätzlichen Anforderungen an Bio Suisse-, Migros-Bio und Demeterbetriebe aufgeführt.
Tipo: Other
Palavras-chave: Regulation; Switzerland.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://orgprints.org/2868/1/mb%2D1132%2Danforderungen%2Dkurzfassung.pdf

The Governance of Urban Agriculture and Multifunctional Land Use in the City of Zurich
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Jahrl, Ingrid; Schmid, Otto.
Aspects of multifunctional land use are increasingly gaining the attention of different urban actors in the city of Zurich, including urban gardeners, farmers and policy-makers as well as city administrators. This contribution is based on an exploratory case study on approaches and challenges for multifunctional land use with regard to urban agriculture in Zurich, including personal interviews, document analysis and a workshop with different actor groups. The city of Zurich, as the owner of a large area of farmland, has taken several approaches to multifunctional urban agriculture, which follow typical aspects of rural development, mainly targeting farmers. City dwellers, who are active in urban agriculture and gardening initiatives, increasingly challenge...
Tipo: Book chapter
Palavras-chave: Social aspects; Switzerland.
Ano: 2017
URL: http://orgprints.org/33499/1/Jahrl%20und%20Schmid%202018%20The%20governance%20of%20urban%20agriculture%20and%20multifunctional%20land%20use%20in%20the%20city%20of%20Zurich.pdf

The Glass House: Crucible of Biodynamic Agriculture
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Paull, John.
The Glass House (1914) at Dornach, Switzerland, in the precinct of the Goetheanum, is the oldest extant building designed by Rudolf Steiner. The building is intimately associated with the development of biodynamic agriculture. It was in the Glass House that Assya Turgeniev produced the remarkable engraved coloured glass windows of both the first and the present Goetheanum building, and hence the name 'Glass House'. In 1919, with Steiner's approval, Ehrenfried Pfeiffer (1899-1961) and Guenther Wachsmuth (1893-1963) set up a research laboratory in the basement of the Glass House. Thus began two decades of research work by Pfeiffer at Dornach, which culminated in the publication of his book 'Bio-Dynamic Farming and Gardening' (1938) in five languages, Dutch,...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Food systems; Switzerland; History of organics; Knowledge management.
Ano: 2013
URL: http://orgprints.org/22858/22/22858.pdf

Angels of the First Class: The Anthroposophic Art of Ernesto Genoni, Goetheanum, 1924
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Paull, John.
Ernesto Genoni (1885-1975) was the pioneer of biodynamics in Australia. The exhibition, Angels of the First Class, presents art that he produced under the tutelage of Rudolf Steiner at Dornach, Switzerland, in the year of Steiner's Agriculture Course. A century ago, Ernesto joined the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) and served as a stretcher bearer on the killing fields of the Western Front in 1916, in the battles of the Somme and Pozières. In 1923, Ernesto wrote to Rudolf Steiner from Italy offering his labour for advancing the Anthroposophy project. Ernesto arrived at Dornach early in 1924 and successfully applied to Dr Steiner for acceptance into the First Class (Erste Klasse der Freien Hochschule für Geisteswissenschaft). The First Class was Steiner’s...
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Australia; Italy; Switzerland; History of organics.
Ano: 2016
URL: http://orgprints.org/30452/1/Paull2016.AnthroArt.A5.pdf

It’s organic because Germany invaded Poland: How and why organic got its name and the Oxford connection
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Paull, John.
The term “organic farming” first appeared in Lord Northbourne’s manifesto of organic agriculture, Look to the Land, published in 1940. This paper reveals how the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939 was the compelling reason for the writing of the book, and how the University of Oxford played key roles at important times in Northbourne’s life in shaping and sustaining his thinking. He was both a graduate in agriculture as well as a lecturer in agriculture of the university. This paper examines how and why the term ‘organic’ came to be, the timing of the term and the timing of the book, and why WWII was a crucial element in shaping Northbourne’s framing of the food contest of modern times as a contest of ‘organic versus chemical farming’. He foresaw this as a...
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Switzerland; United Kingdom; History of organics; Germany.
Ano: 2014
URL: http://orgprints.org/27990/7/27990.pdf

Focus groups of value concepts of producers: National Report Switzerland
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Schmid, Otto; Kilchsperger, Rahel; Bodini, Antonella.
The Organic Revision project was funded by the EU with the aim of supporting the further development of the EU Regulation 2092/91 on organic production. As part of the project focus groups were run in five European countries on value concepts of organic producers and other stakeholders, during 2004-2005. The project aims to provide an overview of values held among organic stakeholders, and of similarities and differences among the various national and private organic standards.    In Switzerland, three group sessions were held with established organic farmers, two groups with newly converted organic farmers, one group involved experts from BIO SUISSE and one group was conducted with students from Agronomy, Environmental Sciences and Geography faculties of...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Regulation; Switzerland; Systems research and participatory research.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://orgprints.org/10989/1/WP23_CH_Report1.pdf

Status quo of Organic Farming Research in Switzerland
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Niggli, Urs; Fried, Padrout.
The paper gives on overwiew of the current situation of organic farming research in Switzerland, including addresses of the relevant institutions.
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Switzerland; Research communication and quality.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://orgprints.org/1049/1/niggli%2Dfried%2D2002%2Dof%2Dresearch%2Din%2Dch.pdf

Liste des intrants 2015
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Speiser, Bernhard; Tamm, Lucius; Maurer, Veronika; Berner, Alfred; Schneider, Claudia; Chevillat, Véronique.
La liste des intrants contient tous les produits phytosanitaires, les engrais, les substrats du commerce, les produits de lutte contre les mouches des étables, les agents d'ensilage, les aliments minéraux et complémentaires, les produits pour la désinfection des stabulations et les produits contre les maladies des abeilles autorisés pour l'agriculture biologique. Cette liste est contraignante pour les producteurs de Bio Suisse. Sur les fermes Bio Suisse, seuls les produits mentionnés sont autorisés. Les exceptions sont décrites séparément dans les introductions aux différents chapitres.
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Switzerland; Quality and evaluation of inputs.
Ano: 2015
URL: http://orgprints.org/29374/1/1078-intrants.pdf

Fauna Indicativa
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Klaiber, Jeannine; Altermatt, Florian; Birrer, Stefan; Chittaro, Yannick; Dziock, Frank; Gonseth, Yves; Hoess, René; Keller, Daniela; Küchler, Helen; Luka, Henryk; Manzke, Uwe; Müller, Andreas; Pfeifer, Manfred Alban; Roesti, Christian; Schlegel, Jürg; Schneider, Karin; Sonderegger, Peter; Walter, Thomas; Holderegger, Rolf; Bergamini, Ariel.
Die Fauna Indicativa charakterisiert in Tabellenform ökologische Präferenzen und biologische Eigenschaften aller in der Schweiz einheimischen Libellen-, Heuschrecken-, Laufkäfer- und Tagfalterarten.  Die Angaben für Präferenzen und Eigenschaften werden meist als Zahlen angegeben und entweder als skalierte Werte oder als Ja-Nein Entscheide aufgeführt. Weitere Kennzeichen sind als Buchstaben festgelegt. Die Angaben gelten spezifisch für Populationen in der Schweiz und beruhen meist auf Literaturangaben und Einschätzungen von Experten. Die Fauna Indicativa ist ein Werkzeug für die ökologische Auswertung faunistischer Daten. Die in ihr enthaltenen Informationen können eine Grundlage für die Erarbeitung von Indikatoren für Monitorings darstellen. Mit diesem...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity and ecosystem services; Switzerland.
Ano: 2017
URL: http://orgprints.org/34497/1/Klaiber_etal_fauna_indicativa_2017.pdf

Soil organic carbon cycling in a long-term agricultural experiment,Switzerland
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Bliedtner, Marcel; Stalder, Tobias; Mäder, Paul; Fließbach, Andreas; Salazar, Gary; Sönke, Szidat; Zech, Roland.
Soils are one of the largest organic carbon pools and changes in the carbon release from soils has considerable impact on the composition of atmospheric CO2. Alongside the accelerated carbon release from soils by anthro-pogenic warming (Crowther et al., 2016), agricultural use strongly affects soil organic carbon (SOC) (Johnstonet  al., 2009). Conversion from conventional to organic  farming has been suggested a valuable contribution to sequester SOC providing a great mitigation potential within agricultural practices (Smith et al., 2008).Here  we  present SOC contents and 14C activity under two  different farming practices in the long-termagricultural DOK trial at Therwil, Switzerland (Mäder et al., 2002). In this long-lasting agricultural experiment, we...
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Soil quality; Switzerland.
Ano: 2018
URL: http://orgprints.org/34925/1/bliedtner-eta-2018-EGU2018-Vol20-15897.pdf

Potentials to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from Swiss agriculture
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Necpalowa, Magdalena; Lee, Juhwan; Skinner, Colin; Büchi, Lucie; Wittwer, Raphaël; Gattinger, Andreas; van der Heijden, Marcel; Mäder, Paul; Charles, Raphaël; Berner, Alfred; Mayer, Jochen; Six, Johan.
There is an urgent need to identify and evaluate management practices for their biophysical potential to maintain productivity under climate change while mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from individual cropping systems under specific pedo-climatic conditions. Here, we examined, through DayCent modeling, the long-term impact of soil management practices and their interactions on soil GHG emissions and GHG intensity from Swiss cropping systems. Based on experimental data from four long-term experimental sites in Switzerland (Therwil, Frick, Changins, and Reckenholz), we robustly parameterized and evaluated the model for simulating crop productivity, soil C dynamics and soil N2O emissions across a range of management practices and pedo-climatic...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Air and water emissions; Switzerland.
Ano: 2018

Tintagel: In the Footsteps of Rudolf Steiner
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Paull, John.
On his final visit to Britain, Rudolf Steiner delivered three lectures a day during the Anthroposophical Society’s Summer School at Torquay (11-22 August 1924). Steiner took one day out of this hectic schedule to be a tourist for a day. The decision took him as far west as he ever ventured in his lifetime - to Tintagel on the west cost of Cornwall. The Tintagel visit occurred just two months after Steiner’s Agriculture Course and less than six weeks before Rudolf Steiner retreated from public life entirely. On this, his tenth visit to Britain, Steiner lectured on Anthroposophy and Waldorf education. The opportunity for agriculture lectures in Britain never arose, and there had been no Anglo attendees at the Koberwitz course. However, the Tintagel day trip...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Farming Systems; Switzerland; United Kingdom; History of organics.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://orgprints.org/22492/17/22492.pdf

Marktanalyse zum Bio-Honig-Verkauf in der Schweiz
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Zollinger, Nicola; Oehen, Bernadette; Garibay, Salvador.
Aus Sicht der Nachhaltigkeit wäre es wünschenswert, wenn in der Schweiz mehr Bio-Honig produziert und verkauft werden würde. Die guten Perspektiven in der Direktvermarktung, das mangelnde Honigangebot aufgrund von Schädlingsbefall und die geringe Anzahl Bio-zertifizierter ImkerInnen in der Schweiz führen zu einem beschränkten Bio-Honig-Angebot im Detailhandel (Wenzel 2015). Trotz der hohen Nachfrage nach Bio-Honig liegen bisher wenig Informationen zur Marktsituation von biologisch produziertem Honig in der Schweiz vor. Diese Wissenslücke zu schliessen war das Ziel dieser Arbeit.
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Animal husbandry; Markets and trade; Switzerland.
Ano: 2017
URL: http://orgprints.org/31450/1/Nicola_Zollinger_2017_Poster_FruehjahrskonferenzBioimkerei.pdf

In-Farm Research - a Swiss Perspective
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Fuchs, Nikolai; Flöter, Anne.
Conclusions  The examination of the question, “why animals on farms” demonstrates the potential of “in-farm research” to gaining in-depth knowledge of the farm. The scientist’s observations and co-working on the farm are a method of choices that allows an accurate evaluation of the current situation of the farm, its atmosphere and the inner perspective of the farmers. It also lets the scientist contrast impressions from a personal point of view and to challenge statements made by the farmers. In addition, farmers were grateful for the “non-economic” assessments of the farm. As a consequence of this work, the reasons farmers give for keeping cows has become more conscious, and their decisions may strengthen their motives while also helping with public...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Research methodology and philosophy; Switzerland.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://orgprints.org/17199/1/fuchs%2D2009%2Din%2Dfarm%2Dresearch.pdf

Organics Olympiad 2007 - Perspectives on the Global State of Organic Agriculture
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Paull, John.
The Organics Olympiad 2007 identifies world leading countries in organic agriculture.  Gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded to the top countries in each of 12 categories of organic leadership.
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: United States; Australia; History of organics; Switzerland; World; Europe; Latvia; Africa; China; "Organics" in general; Research methodology and philosophy; Romania; Denmark.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://orgprints.org/15568/1/15568.pdf

Marktanalyse für Biohonig in der Schweiz und Deutschland
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Lottaz, Salome; Garibay, Salvador; Richter, Toralf; Hirsch, Stefan.
Die Nachfrage nach Biolebensmitteln nimmt seit Jahren zu. Dies gilt auch für Biohonig. Von den zirka 16'000 Imkern in der Schweiz arbeiten bisher zirka 200 nach Bio-Richtlinien (Bio-Verordnung, Bio-Knospe oder Demeter).  Aus einer früheren Untersuchung geht hervor, dass die Schweizer Bioimker ihren Honig meist direkt vermarkten. Dies führt dazu, dass der grösste Teil des von den grossen Detailhändlern vermarkteten Biohonigs importiert werden muss. Würden die Detailhändler den Bioimkern jedoch höhere Preise bezahlen, kleinere Liefermengen akzeptieren, die Herkunft des Honigs klar deklarieren und beispielsweise die Gründung von Kooperativen unterstützen, könnte in der Schweiz mehr inländischer Biohonig vermarktet werden und das grosse Marktpotenzial somit...
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Animal husbandry; Markets and trade; Switzerland; Germany.
Ano: 2017
URL: http://orgprints.org/31451/1/Salome_Lottaz_2017_Poster_FruehjahrskonferenzBioimkerei.pdf

Motivationen für die Umsetzung von Ökoausgleichsmassnahmen
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Jahrl, Ingrid; Rudmann, Christine; Pfiffner, Lukas; Balmer, Oliver.
Die Schweizer Agrarpolitik verfolgt das Ziel, durch Direktzahlungen die ökologischen Leistungen von Landwirtschaftsbetrieben zu fördern. Evaluierungsprogramme zeigen jedoch, dass finanzielle Anreize allein nicht ausreichen, um die Umsetzung von Ökoausgleichsmassnahmen zu gewährleisten. Vor diesem Hintergrund wurde untersucht, welche Rolle ökonomische, ökologische und soziale Motivationen bei der Umsetzung von Massnahmen im Ökoausgleich für Landwirte im Talgebiet spielen. Nach Einschätzung der Landwirte werden vor allem Ökoausgleichsmassnahmen umgesetzt, die sie als sinnvoll für den Naturschutz erachten und sich gut in den Betriebsablauf integrieren lassen. Für ÖLN-Produzenten sind finanzielle Aspekte im Verhältnis zu ökologischen wichtiger als für...
Tipo: Newspaper or magazine article
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity and ecosystem services; Policy environments and social economy; Switzerland.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://orgprints.org/25467/1/Jahrl-etal-2012-AgrarforschungCH-motivation-umsetzung-oeAF.pdf

Neue Wege in der Schweizer Agrarpolitik. Potential von Nachhaltigkeitsbewertungs- Instrumenten zur Verbesserung der Effektivität, Effizienz und Akzeptanz der Schweizer Agrarpolitik
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Schader, Christian; Grovermann, Christian; Obrist, Robert; Frick, Rebekka; Stolze, Matthias; Stefan, Mann; Grenz, Jan; Wyss, Rebekka.
Das Projekt „Neue Wege zur nachhaltigen Landwirtschaft“ wird vom Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft (BLW) mitfinanziert und gemeinsam vom Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau (FIBL), Agroscope und der Hochschule für Agrar-, Forst- und Lebensmittelwissenschaften (HAFL) durchgeführt. Das grundlegende Ziel des Projekts besteht darin zu untersuchen inwieweit betrieblichen Nachhaltigkeitsanalysen genutzt werden können, um die Schweizer Agrarpolitik effektiver, effizienter und bei der Bevölkerung und den Landwirten akzeptierter zu gestalten.  Durch das bisherige Direktzahlungssystem haben sich zwar einige unerwünschte Nebeneffekte der landwirtschaftlichen Tätigkeit verringert. Jedoch zeigt sich, dass die Anstrengungen für den Erhalt unserer Lebensgrundlagen...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Policy environments and social economy; Switzerland.
Ano: 2018
URL: http://orgprints.org/34803/1/Schader_etal_2018_BLW_Bericht_NeueWegeSchweizerAgrarpolitik.pdf

Long and short term changes incrop yield and soil properties induced by the reduction of soil tillage in a long term experiment in Switzerland
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Büchi, Lucie; Wendling, Marina; Amossé, Camille; Jeangros, Bernard; Sinaj, Sokrat; Charles, Raphaël.
To address the inﬂuence of soil tillage reduction on crop yield and soil properties, an experiment was set up in 1969 in the western part of Switzerland. A conventional tillage treatment with plough was compared to a minimum tillage treatment and a deep non inversion tillage treatment, converted to no till in 2007. Evolution of crop yield through time was investigated, as well as the soil properties in 2013. Mean soil properties and their stratiﬁcation with depth were assessed. The results showed that, after 44 years, globally, all tillage treatments allowedtomaintainsimilaryieldsinthelongterm.However,duringthesametime,soilpropertieshavechanged deeply. Soil organic carbon has decreased compared to the initial situation, in all treatments except in the...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Soil quality; Soil tillage; Switzerland.
Ano: 2017
URL: http://orgprints.org/33975/1/B%C3%BCchietal_STR_2017.pdf

Invisible Farmer - Australia’s first woman organic farmer discovered in Switzerland: The story of Ileen Macpherson
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Paull, John.
On a hunch, I travelled from Oxford to the Swiss village of Dornach. Could it be that there were Australians who joined the world’s earliest organic agriculture research organisation back in the 1920s or 1930s? Then, I had never heard of Ileen Macpherson. I discovered in the archives of the Goetheanum that twelve Australians had joined Rudolf Steiner’s Experimental Circle. This is the story of one of those pioneers of organic farming, Ileen Macpherson (1898-1984). Ileen Macpherson was the daughter of a farming family. They farmed large pastoral properties in the south of New South Wales (NSW); Paika Station (250,000 acres) and later Goonambil Station, in the Murrumbidgee Valley. In 1934, Ileen, along with her partner Ernesto Genoni (1885-1974), founded...
Tipo: Newspaper or magazine article
Palavras-chave: Farming Systems; Australia; France; Switzerland; History of organics.
Ano: 2017
URL: http://orgprints.org/32035/1/Paull2017.InvisibleFarmerProject.IleenMacphersonR.pdf

Organics Olympiad 2016: Global Indices of Leadership in Organic Agriculture
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Paull, John.
Organic production (including agriculture, wild culture, forestry and aquaculture) is a worldwide phenomenon that is practiced in at least 172 countries. The Organics Olympiad presents 14 indices of global organics leadership, each at three levels (Gold, Silver and Bronze). The Organics Olympiad of 2016 yields 29 countries as global organics leaders, and confirms that organics leadership is diversely distributed across countries, large and small, rich and poor, developed and less so, and cuts across linguistic, ethnic and cultural boundaries. Australia continues to lead the world in organic agriculture hectares. Australia also leads in the increase of organic hectares over the past four years (since the Organics Olympiad 2012) and in the number of WWOOF...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Farming Systems; Food systems; Africa; Asia; Australia; China; Denmark; European Union; Finland; France; India; Italy; Latin America; Lithuania; Switzerland; Tunisia; United States; World; Knowledge management; Europe; Germany; Mexico.
Ano: 2016
URL: http://orgprints.org/30369/1/Paull2016.OlympiadJSDS.pdf

The Anthroposophic Art of Ernesto Genoni, Goetheanum, 1924
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Paull, John.
Ernesto Genoni (1885-1975) was a pioneer of biodynamic and organic farming in Australia. He was the first Australian member of Rudolf Steiner’s Experimental Circle of Anthroposophic Farmers &amp; Gardeners (joining in 1928). Others in Ernesto’s set joined the Experimental Circle, including his eldest brother, Emilio (in 1930), Ruby Macpherson (in 1935), and her niece, Ileen Macpherson (in 1936). Ernesto and Ileen founded and farmed Australia’s original ‘Demeter Farm’ (from 1935). However biodynamic and organic farming was but one aspect of Ernesto’s life.  Ernesto trained for five years in classical art at the prestigious Brera Academy of Fine Art in Milan (Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera). Ernesto spent the year 1924 at Dornach, Switzerland, the...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Australia; Italy; Switzerland; History of organics.
Ano: 2016
URL: http://orgprints.org/30695/1/Paull2016.AnthroArt.JO3%282%29.pdf

FiBL and Organic Research in Switzerland
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Niggli, Urs.
Table of Contents:   - How the pioneers provoked the criticism from Science   - The long way towards institutionlized organic research  - Research priorities of FiBL over the last three decades  - FiBL's broad commitment
Tipo: Book chapter
Palavras-chave: History of organics; Switzerland; Research communication and quality.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://orgprints.org/13466/1/lockeretz%2D2007%2Dtable%2Dof%2Dcontents.pdf

Organic Farming in Germany / Organic Farming in Switzerland
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Willer, Helga; Yussefi, Minou.
The two papers give a brief overview of the current (2006) organic farming sitation in Germany and in Switzerland.     The papers include information about the history of organic farming, the market situation and statistics.
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Switzerland; Germany.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://orgprints.org/8534/1/willer%2Dyussefi%2Dniggli%2D2006%2Dch%2Dgermany.pdf

A Century of Synthetic Fertilizer: 1909-2009
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Paull, John.
This year marks a centenary of the synthetic fertilizer industry. German chemists, Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch, in 1909 demonstrated their industrial process for the manufacture of ammonia. The achievement won them accolades including Nobel Prizes. The output of their Haber-Bosch process can be used for either peace or war, agriculture or munitions, and the rapid adoption by Germany of this industrial process is credited with prolonging WW1. Most  of the synthetic nitrogenous fertilizer of the past century, and right up to the present, has been manufactured using the Haber-Bosch process. The use of synthetic fertilizers has led to significant negative environmental outcomes. Rudolf Steiner was an early voice against chemical agriculture. Steiner's...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Environmental aspects; History of organics; Switzerland; Farming Systems; Farm nutrient management; Germany; Europe.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://orgprints.org/15797/1/15797.pdf

Jahrbuch Biolandbau Schweiz 2005 - Daten, Fakten, Hintergründe
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Der Biolandbau hat in den letzten Jahren stark an Bedeutung gewonnen. Die Schweiz gehört zur Weltspitze. Zahlen zum Biolandbau in der Schweiz werden deshalb immer häufiger nachgefragt.     In der neuen Reihe „Jahrbuch Biolandbau Schweiz“ werden alle wichtigen Zahlen zusammengefasst und jährlich aktualisiert. Der vorliegende Band enthält folgende Informationen:    - die neuesten Daten der BIO SUISSE  - Überblick über die Entwicklung des Biolandbaus in der Schweiz und weltweit,  - das Neueste bezüglich Biolandbaupolitik in der Schweiz und in der EU,  - eine Analyse der Betriebsstrukturen von biologisch wirtschaftenden Landwirtschaftsbetrieben  - Preise, Deckungsbeiträge und Einkommen von biologisch wirtschaftenden Landwirtschaftsbetrieben,  - die wichtigsten...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Switzerland; Surveys and statistics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://orgprints.org/6429/1/rudmann%2Dwiller%2D2005%2Djahrbuch.pdf

Betriebsmittelliste 2015 für die Schweiz
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Speiser, Bernhard; Tamm, Lucius; Maurer, Veronika; Berner, Alfred; Schneider, Claudia; Chevillat, Véronique.
Die Betriebsmittelliste beinhaltet alle für den biologischen Landbau in der Schweiz zugelassenen Dünger und Substrate, Pflanzenschutzmittel, Reinigungs-, Desinfektions- und Hygienemittel, Mittel gegen Parasiten sowie Futter- und Siliermittel. Die Liste ist für die Produzenten von Bio Suisse verbindlich. Grundsätzlich dürfen auf Bio Suisse-Betrieben ausschliesslich die in der Betriebsmittelliste aufgeführten Produkte eingesetzt werden. Ausnahmen sind in den Einleitungen der einzelnen Kapitel vermerkt. Der Einsatz von Pflanzenschutzmitteln, Düngern, Futter- und anderen Betriebsmitteln in Schweizer Biolandwirtschaftsbetrieben ist in der “Bio-Verordnung“ und der entsprechenden Verordnung des Eidgenössischen Departements für Wirtschaft, Bildung und Forschung...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Switzerland; Quality and evaluation of inputs.
Ano: 2015
URL: http://orgprints.org/29373/1/1032-betriebsmittelliste.pdf

Etat de la biodiversité en Suisse en 2014 - Une analyse scientifique
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Fischer, M. et al.
Le présent rapport donne une vue d’ensemble de l’état de la biodiversité en Suisse en 2014. Les principaux instituts et organismes scientifiques de Suisse qui explorent le thème de la biodiversité ont fait part de leurs données et de leur savoir.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity and ecosystem services; Switzerland.
Ano: 2015
URL: http://orgprints.org/36349/1/fischer-etal-2015-zustand-biodiversitaet-schweiz-FR.pdf

Dalmore Farm: Victoria’s first biodynamic farming venture (1933-1934)
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Paull, John.
Dalmore Farm (1933-1934) was Victoria’s first biodynamic farming venture. A letter, written in Milan, Italy, in Italian in 1934 by Rosa Genoni (1867-1954) \ enables details of this venture to be finally revealed. Rosa wrote of her youngest brother, Ernesto Genoni (1885-1975): “Now Ernesto … is at Dalmore, a farm of my brother Marino (the father of the boy [Alfredo Genoni (1913-1999)] who was sent to us years ago from Australia and we sent him to Dornach where he stayed for two years, and two more to the school at Stuttgart) and in part by my brother Angelo, who asked Ernesto to go and organise the farm biologically”. “Ernesto had a small wooden house built there for his use. It has only two rooms but it must be fairly comfortable, as Ernesto invited...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Farming Systems; Italy; Switzerland; History of organics; Europe.
Ano: 2019
URL: http://orgprints.org/36550/1/Paull2019.Dalmore.JBDT.131.pdf

Seminar on Organic Food and Farming research in Europe, Brussels, November 26 2004. National report from: Switzerland
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Niggli, Urs; Willer, Helga; Fried, Padrout.
The paper answers the following questions which were put to all participants of the seminar:     - Which are the main research centres and the leading scientists carrying out research on Organic Food and Farming?    - What publicly funded research is current or planned in your country on Organic Food and Farming production, and what budget is allocated to this research?    - Are there any trans-national collaborative research programmes in which your country is involved?    - Are there areas where you think there is scope for co-ordinating national programmes at a European level to overcome fragmentation?    - Has your country an Action Plan for Organic Food and Farming?
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Switzerland; Research communication and quality.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://orgprints.org/5132/1/off_research_in_europe_consolidate_report.pdf

The Pioneers of Biodynamics in New Zealand
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Paull, John.
From the original records held in the Archives of the Goetheanum, the earliest pioneers of biodynamics in New Zealand, those who joined Steiner’s Experimental Circle of Anthroposophic Farmers and Gardeners from 1924 to 1938, the years of omertà, are now revealed. Each of these fifteen members of the Experimental Circle submitted a signed confidentiality agreement and was issued with a numbered copy of the Agriculture Course at the time of joining. Thirteen individual copies were issued; the Compton-Smiths shared copy #12E, and the Averys shared copy #30E. The ‘E’ suffix indicated that the copy was an English-language edition (sometimes the ‘E’ appeared as a prefix). The copy to Bacchus was #562 (without a suffix) indicating that it was the German-language...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Farming Systems; Switzerland; History of organics.
Ano: 2018
URL: http://orgprints.org/34250/1/Paull2018.NZ.BD.pioneers.Harvests.aoo.pdf

Motivations pour la réalisation de mesures de compensation écologique
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Jahrl, Ingrid; Rudmann, Christine; Pfiffner, Lukas; Balmer, Oliver.
La politique agricole suisse vise à promouvoir les prestations écologiques d’entreprises agricoles à travers de paiements directs écologiques. Pourtant, des programmes d’évaluation montrent que des stimulants financiers à eux seuls ne suffisent pas pour assurer la mise en oeuvre de mesures de compensation écologique. Sur cette trame nous avons exploré l’importance des motivations économiques, écologiques et sociales dans la mise en oeuvre de mesures de compensation écologique par les agriculteurs en région de plaine. Selon l’appréciation des agriculteurs sont réalisées avant tout les mesures qui sont considérées judicieuses pour la protection de la nature et faciles à intégrer dans la gestion quotidienne. Pour les producteurs PER les aspects financiers...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity and ecosystem services; Policy environments and social economy; Switzerland.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://orgprints.org/25468/1/Jahrl-etal-2012-AgrarforschungCH-motivation-umsetzung-oeAF_fr.pdf

Statistik der biologischen Landwirtschaftsbetriebe der Schweiz 1997
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Hartnagel, Siegfried.
Diese Broschüre informiert mit ausführlichem Tabellenmaterial, Grafiken und Texten über den Stand des Biolandbaus in der Schweiz 1997.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Switzerland; Surveys and statistics.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://orgprints.org/10264/1/hartnagel-1998-statistik-schweiz-1997.pdf

Koberwitz (Kobierzyce): In the footsteps of Rudolf Steiner
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Paull, John.
“Now once again we have made a great step forward!” exclaimed Rudolf Steiner on the drive back from Koberwitz. Koberwitz (now Kobierzyce, Poland) can fairly be regarded as the birthplace of biodynamic agriculture. Rudolf Steiner delivered eight lectures at the Koberwitz Chateau (Schloss Koberwitz) in German in the summer of 1924 (7-16 June). There were 111 attendees, 30 women and 81 men, who came from six countries: Germany, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, France, and Sweden. The audience included farmers, estate managers, doctors, priests, teachers, artists, and engineers who all came to hear Steiner’s vision for agriculture. A witness observed “Seldom have I seen him so joyfully moved after the completion of a task as in this moment after the agricultural...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Farming Systems; Austria; European Union; France; Sweden; Switzerland; History of organics; Europe; Germany.
Ano: 2013
URL: http://orgprints.org/22491/17/22491.pdf

Zustand der Biodiversität in der Schweiz 2014 - Die Analyse der Wissenschaft
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Fischer, M. et al.
Der Bericht gibt einen Überblick über den Zustand der Biodiversität in der Schweiz im Jahr 2014. Wichtige Institute und wissenschaftsnahe Einrichtungen in der Schweiz, die zum Thema Biodiversität forschen, haben ihre Daten und ihr Wissen zusammengetragen
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity and ecosystem services; Switzerland.
Ano: 2015
URL: http://orgprints.org/34354/1/fischer-etal-2015-zustand-biodiversitaet-ForumBiodivCH.pdf

Encouraging organic cultivation practices in Swiss allotment gardens
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Jahrl, Ingrid; Home, Robert.
Allotment gardens are usually managed by associations, with small allotment plots rented to individual tenant gardeners. Many garden associations have rules for organic production but the rules are neither followed nor policed. To find ways to motivate gardeners to manage their plots organically, we investigate the attitudes of Swiss gardeners towards organic gardening, and which motivations can be used to encourage and promote organic garden management. Interviews with 32 gardeners and other key informants from three Swiss target cities were analysed using content analysis. We found that organic practices are more likely when knowledge is held and that the social environment has a strong influence on behaviour, so potential exists for encouraging a...
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Social aspects; Switzerland.
Ano: 2014
URL: http://orgprints.org/24352/1/24352%20Jahrl_Home_Encouraging%20organic%20cultivation%20Swiss%20allotment%20gardens%2028%2001%2014_MM.pdf

Effects of garden management practices, by different types  of gardeners, on human wellbeing and ecological and soil sustainability in Swiss cities
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Home, Robert; Lewis, Olivia; Bauer, Nicole; Fliessbach, Andreas; Frey, David; Lichtensteiner, Stéphanie; Moretti, Marco; Tresch, Simon; Young, Christopher; Zanetta, Andrea; Stolze, Matthias.
Gardens have effects on the local ecology as well as on the wellbeing of the gardener, but few studies have attempted to study gardens using both ecological and social outcome variables. The aim of this exploratory study is to address this research gap by identifying the characteristics of gardens and the management practices of gardeners that enhance the outcomes of gardening, which we separate into three dimensions: human wellbeing, biodiversity, and soil quality. Data were collected from 18 gardens in Zurich, Switzerland and a typology of gardeners was dentified,which included ‘conservationist’, ‘functional’, ‘minimumeffort’,  ‘child-friendly’, and ‘aesthetic’ gardeners.
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Soil quality; Landscape and recreation; Switzerland.
Ano: 2018
URL: http://orgprints.org/34340/1/Home-2018-Article-EffectsOfGardenManagementPract.pdf

Swiss ethnoveterinary knowledge on medicinal plants - a within-country comparison of Italian speaking regions with north-western German speaking regions
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Mayer, M.; Zbinden, M.; Vogl, C. R.; Ivemeyer, S.; Meier, B.; Amorena, M.; Maeschli, A.; Hamburger, M.; Walkenhorst, M.
BACKGROUND:  Ethnoveterinary knowledge in Europe may play an important role as a basis for sustainable treatment options for livestock. Aims of our study were (a) to compare the ethnoveterinary practices of two culturally and sociodemographically different regions of Switzerland, (b) to compare results with earlier ethnoveterinary studies conducted in Switzerland and in adjacent Italian regions and, (c) to evaluate possible reasons for regional differences in European ethnoveterinary medicine.  METHODS:  25 interviews were conducted in 2014 in all Italian speaking regions (ItR) of Switzerland, and 31 interviews were held in five north-western German speaking Cantons (GeC). Semi-structured questionnaires were used to collect detailed information regarding...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Crop husbandry; Health and welfare; Switzerland; Germany.
Ano: 2017
URL: http://orgprints.org/34516/1/mayer-etal-2017_J%20EthnobiolEthnomed-Vol13-Issue1-p1-23.pdf

Mix-Enable database
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Vanwindekens, Frederic; Moerman, Marie.
This database contains all the data gathered during surveys in 127 european farms from 7 countries
Tipo: Data set
Palavras-chave: Dairy cattle; Farm economics; Beef cattle; Social aspects; Sheep and goats; Health and welfare; Biodiversity and ecosystem services; Pigs; Poultry; Austria; Belgium; France; Italy; Sweden; Switzerland; Farm nutrient management; Germany.
Ano: 2019
URL: http://orgprints.org/36627/1/readme.pdf

Der Einfluss der Honigbienen auf Pflanzen-Bestäuber-Netzwerke in den Schweizer Alpen
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Hasler, Tanjy; Ghazoul, Jaboury; Garibay, Salvador.
Der kontinuierliche Rückgang der Landwirtschaftsfläche in der Schweiz führt dazu, dass die verbleibenden Flächen bei einem jährlichen Einsatz von 2200 t Pestiziden zunehmend intensiver und in grösseren Einheiten bewirtschaftet werden. Die heute dominierenden, an Blütenpflanzen und Kleinstrukturen armen «grünen Wüsten» bieten kaum noch Nahrung für Honigbienen.  Der intensive Einsatz von Pestiziden und die geringen Nahrungsressourcen schwächen die Honigbienen. In Verbindung mit einem Befall durch die Varroa-Milbe kann dies zur Erkrankung der Bienen und zum Tod ganzer Völker führen.  Die Schweizer Bundesverwaltung ist dabei, Massnahmen zur Förderung der Honigbienen 3 auszuarbeiten. Bis diese Massnahmen greifen, könnten Imker ihre Völker zur Stärkung in die...
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Animal husbandry; Health and welfare; Switzerland.
Ano: 2017
URL: http://orgprints.org/31452/1/Tanja-Hasler_2017_Poster_FruehjahrskonferenzBioimkrei.pdf

Ernesto Genoni: Artist, Pacifist, Anthroposophist
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Paull, John.
Ernesto Genoni was Australia's pioneer of biodynamic and organic farming. He was the first Australian member of Rudolf Steiner's Experimental Circle of Anthroposophical Farmers and Gardeners. In the inaugural Uriel Lecture of the Anthroposophical Society of Australia, Dr John Paull reveals Ernesto's training in art at the Brera Academy of Fine Art in Milan, his enlistment in the AIF in Western Australia and WWI service as a stretcher bearer on the Somme, his conscription off the battlefields of the Western Front into the Italian Army and his imprisonment in Italy as a conscientious objector, his training with Dr Rudolf Steiner in Dornach, Switzerland, his introduction of biodynamics to Australia, his grand tour of biodynamic farms in Europe, and his...
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Australia; Italy; Netherlands; Switzerland; United Kingdom; History of organics; Germany.
Ano: 2015
URL: http://orgprints.org/28433/1/Paull2015Genoni.Uriel.pdf

Eckpunkte einer standortangepassten Landwirtschaft in der Schweiz
Provedor de dados: Organic Eprints
Autores: Müller, Adrian; Meier, Matthias; Moakes, Simon; Oehen, Bernadette.
In dieser Studie bestimmen wir auf der Basis verschiedener Modellierungsstudien die Eckpunkte einer standortangepassten Landwirtschaft für die Schweiz.  Dies bedeutet eine langfristig produktive Landwirtschaft, die umweltverträglich ist und die Lebensgrundlagen nicht zerstört weil sie die lokalen Ressourcen in einer den lokalen Gegebenheiten entsprechend optimalen Weise nutzt. Dies bedeutet insbesondere, dass sie die lokal verfügbaren Kulturlandflächen mit einer Produktionsintensität, die innerhalb der Kapazitätsgrenzen der lokalen Ökosysteme liegt, nutzt. Neben der Nahrungsmittelproduktion erbringt eine solche Landwirtschaft zahlreiche weitere Ökosystemdienstleistungen und unterstützt die Resilienz der Ökosysteme.  Dies wird durch die Reduktion der Inputs...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Animal husbandry; Crop husbandry; Produce chain management; Switzerland.
Ano: 2018
URL: http://orgprints.org/34488/1/mueller-etal-2018-KonsistenteLandwirtschaftSchweiz_29_6_2018.pdf

Sustainable Value: an application to the Swiss dairy farms of the mountainous area
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Jan,   Pierrick; Lips,   Markus; Roesch,   Andreas; Lehmann,   Bernard; Dumondel,   Michel.
The improvement of the sustainable performance of the agricultural sector is a priority of the Swiss agricultural policy. The sustainability of Swiss dairy farms located in the mountainous area might be critical as many of them show a weak performance in the use of their economic and/or social resources, and sometimes also of their environmental resources. An improvement of the sustainability of these farms prerequisites to better know on a large scale their sustainable performance and its determinants. For a representative sample of 480 dairy farms, we perform an assessment of their sustainable efficiency with the “sustainable value”, an approach to assess corporate sustainability based on the capital and opportunity cost theories. Using a linear...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Corporate sustainable performance; Dairy farms; Switzerland; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44138

Künftige Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Milchproduktion im Berggebiet Österreichs und der Schweiz
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Kirner,   Leopold; Gazzarin,   Christian.
The mountain areas of Austria and Switzerland are important locations for dairy farming. Owing to natural conditions, the milk in these areas is produced at a considerably higher cost. Nevertheless, structural change in the mountain areas of both countries proceeded at a lower pace than in the plain areas. Milk production in the mountain area of Austria was appreciably expanded. This paper presents a number of attempts to explain these regional shifts, analysing the competitiveness of the farms, as well as the alternatives outside of milk production in the mountain and plain areas of Austria and Switzerland. In addition, we investigate whether milk production in these regions is also capable of holding its ground under future conditions. The on-average...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Competitiveness; Milk production; Mountain areas; Opportunity costs; Austria; Switzerland; Agricultural and Food Policy; Livestock Production/Industries; Farm Management.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96730

The CDET Profit Function: Could it generate a Parsimonious Agricultural Sector Model?
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Hess,   Sebastian; Surry,   Yves R.
While the single- output Constant Difference of Elasticities (CDE) cost function has been applied several times, its profit counterpart called “the Constant Difference of Elasticities of Transformation” (CDET) profit frontier has not yet been applied econometrically. It is an indirect, implicit, non-homothetic and non-separable frontier that may be viewed as more flexible than the commonly used CES and Cobb-Douglas specifications, while demanding less parameters to be estimated than fully flexible functional forms commonly do. We therefore introduce the CDET profit function and illustrate its potential usefulness as a parsimonious econometric model of agricultural production in Switzerland. Results indicate plausible elasticities and a satisfactory fit to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: CDE; Profit function; Agricultural Sector; Functional Form; Switzerland; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114539

Farmers’ Adoption of Extensive Wheat Production - Determinants and Implications
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Finger,   Robert; El Benni,   Nadja.
Using FADN data, we analyse farmers’ adoption decisions with respect to extensive wheat production, which is supported in Switzerland since 1992 with an ecological direct payment scheme. It shows that first year adoption was mainly characterized by free-riding effects. In particular small farms with low levels of input use and wheat yields adopted extensive wheat production. If later adoption phases are included, these differences in farm size between adopters and non-adopters vanish. However, the level of wheat yields is still an important adoption determinant. Less intensive producing farms (with lower yield levels) are much more likely to adopt extensive wheat production. In contrast, more intensively producing farms, i.e. those farms that may actually...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Extensive wheat production; Agri-environmental programme; Adoption analysis; Switzerland; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Q1; Q5.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98979

Could small dairy farms in Switzerland compete with their French counterparts? A metafrontier analysis during 1990-2004
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Ferjani,   Ali; Latruffe,   Laure.
The objective of the paper is to investigate whether Swiss farms specialised in dairy (the prevailing production of the country), which are small in international standards, would have a survival potential if they had to compete more directly with EU farms. More specifically, we investigate whether Swiss dairy farms would be able to compete with their French counterparts (located in mountainous areas, but larger than Swiss ones) in a future made of increased globalisation and reduced borders. For this we evaluate which country, during the period 1990-2004, would have been more able to use efficiently a common hypothetical technology, and would have had a more productive (own) technology. Efficiency scores and technology ratios are calculated using the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Technical efficiency; Technology gap; Data Envelopment Analysis; Dairy farming; Switzerland; France; Agricultural and Food Policy; Productivity Analysis; Q12; D24.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52828

The Nature of the Diversified Farm Household
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Mann,   Stefan.
This paper presents a theoretical approach that explains farm household diversification decisions by the relative attractiveness of both food production and family businesses. The empirical analysis of diversified activities of Swiss farm households shows that a low household income leads to diversification by off-farm activities, while a high income leads to diversification by on-farm activities. It is also shown that arable farms, mountain farms and farm households with a non-agricultural education are more likely to enter off-farm activities.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Diversification; Switzerland; Household; Consumer/Household Economics; Industrial Organization; Labor and Human Capital; P42; Q12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56726

ZUR WIRKUNGSWEISE EINES OUTPUTORIENTIERTEN AGRARUMWELTPROGRAMMS
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Mann,   Stefan.
Im Rahmen der Ökoqualitätsverordnung (ÖQV) erhalten Schweizer Landwirte Direktzahlungen, wenn eine definierte Mindestanzahl seltener Arten auf ihrem Grünland stehen, wofür Transaktionskosten nur etwa in der Höhe wie bei konventionellen Agrarumweltprogrammen entstehen. Dieser Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Effektivität dieses outputorientierten Programms. Eine Konfiguralfrequenzanalyse zeigt, dass Landwirte, die an der ÖQV teilnehmen, mit nur geringer Wahrscheinlichkeit ihre Teilnahme an Agrarumweltprogrammen reduzieren. Es wird die Schlussfolgerung gezogen, dass outputorientierte Agrarumweltprogramme ein effizientes Mittel zur Erlangung ökologischer Qualität sind.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Output-oriented programme; Switzerland; Configural frequency analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52659

SIND BETRIEBSGEMEINSCHAFTEN WIRTSCHAFTLICHER ALS EINZELBETRIEBE?
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Lips,   Markus; Pulfer,   Iris; Messer,   Martin.
The influence of farming collectives on income per annual work unit (AWU) is investigated by means of regressions for three types of farms with animal husbandry. The effects are relatively small, and turn out differently for the three farm types. Whereas the effect is negative for the dairy farms (-1200 CHF), collective farming in the case of combined dairying/arable-crop farms and combined pig/poultry farms leads to a higher income (+900 and +500 CHF, respectively). The latter two farm types are characterised by at least two important production branches, unlike the dairy farms, which have just one.  The result for the dairy farms, however, does not call the farming collective into question as a growth opportunity. The usual scale effects that can be...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Betriebsgemeinschaft; Einzelbetrieb; Einkommen; Regression; Schweiz; Farming collectives; Income; Individual farm; Switzerland; Agribusiness; Farm Management.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7617

Environmental Regulations of Land-use and Public Compensation: Principles with Swiss and Australian Examples
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Seidl,   Irmi; Tisdell,   Clement A.; Harrison,   Stephen R.
This paper discusses regulation of rural land-use and compensation, both of which appear to have become more common but also more disputed. The implications of contemporary theories in relation to this matter are examined. Coverage includes the applicability of new welfare economics, the relevance of the neoclassical theory of politics, and the implications of contemporary theories of social conflict resolution and communication. Examining case studies of Swiss and Australian regulation of the use of rural properties and the ensuing conflicts, it is found that many decisions reflect a mixture of these elements. Rarely, if ever, are social decisions in this area made solely on the basis of welfare economics, for instance social cost-benefit analysis. Only...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Australia; Compensation for takings; Conservation; Environmental regulation; Property rights; Rural land-use; Switzerland; Welfare economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48366

The Developmental Relevance of Tariff Rate Quotas as a Market Access Instrument: An Analysis of Swiss Agricultural Imports
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Khorana,   Sangeeta.
At present there are 1425 tariff rate quotas (TRQs) notified by member countries to the World Trade Organization. TRQs were provided for in the Uruguay Round as a trade policy instrument to guarantee minimum market access for politically sensitive agricultural imports, and in some cases to continue managed trade regimes. This article evaluates the developmental relevance of TRQs and discusses how the various methods TRQ administration methods influence market access in Switzerland for agricultural products from developing countries. The findings show that existing TRQ management in Switzerland is complicated and lacks transparency. Further, the manner in which TRQs are administered results in high transaction costs, a situation that fails to liberate trade...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Developing countries; Switzerland; Tariff rate quotas; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; International Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37966

Executive Interview: Anton von Weissenfluh; Reconfiguring Supply Schemes in the Cocoa Value Chain: Organic Chocolate from Honduras for the Swiss Market
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Fromm,   Ingrid.
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Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cocoa; Certification; Collaboration; Honduras; Switzerland; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96326

The Relationship between Direct Payments and Efficiency on Swiss Farms
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Ferjani,   Ali.
Economic theory suggests several possible mechanisms through which direct government farm payments might influence the efficiency and structural change in agriculture. This study estimates identify the main determinants of efficiency, particularly, what effect farm payments have had on efficiency and farm structure by using a farm-level Tobit model for 1990 to 2001. The results suggest that the inclusion of direct payments does not cause a change in returns to scale of the underlying technology. Nevertheless, results find evidence of effects of direct payments on efficiency. Farms that received greater direct payments were less efficient on aggregate than other farms.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Switzerland; Farms; Direct payments; Technical efficiency; DEA.; Production Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93806