welcome to fibl – introduction to fibl activities
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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 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Welcome to FiBL – Introduction to FiBL activities
> Eric Wyss
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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 diseasesTherefore, FiBL is highly interested…> to improve the tools of functional
biodiversity by basic and applied research> to closely cooperate with partners
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Pioneer institute for organic farming
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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
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FiBL in Vienna:15 Collaborators
FiBL in Frankfurt:15 Collaborators
FiBL in Frick:125 Collaborators
FiBL.org
Bioinstitut in Olomouc:5 Collaborators
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Diversified financement of FiBL
Official mandate bythe Ministry of Agriculture
Consulting> Cantons> Migros + Coop> Seco, DEZA, GTZ> Bio Suisse
Scientific projects> EU programs > Private institutions> Official institutions> Industry
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Highlights of the researchLong-term system comparison trial DOC (Mäder et al. Science 2002)
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Research in Plant ProtectionProblem Cause
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Research in Plant ProtectionSolutions
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Research in Plant ProtectionThe product
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Research in food quality
Food safety
Nutrition and food quality Processing
Evaluation of new technologies
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Research in animal health
Reduction of antibiotics Reduction of concentrated feed
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Socio-economy
Agricultural policy Business management Consumers
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International Cooperation
Market development
Long-term system comparisons in India, Kenya and Bolivia
Education and extension
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Extension and Education
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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?
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I wish you a functional and diverse workshop !