Swiss Agricultural Research – Archive of the Online Journal

Environment 2010

Gandolfi M., Daniel O.

Prior to authorization, the side-effects of pesticides on the environment must be evaluated. The Ecotoxicology group at ACW assesses by means of models the potential risks of pesticide uses to plants and animals, including birds. Since a model can never incorporate the whole complexity of reality, uncertainty remains. With the help of passive or active…

Other 2010

Poncet P.-A., Gysi M.

Plant production 2010

Hiltbrunner J., Buchmann U., Baux A., Collaud J.-F., Bertossa M.

Other 2010

Leuenberger A.

Environment 2010

Noll D., Dakhel N., Burgos S.

This work presents a method for assessing pesticides transfer risks to the surface water by erosion and runoff. It was developed in a part of the watershed of the Boiron de Morges (Vaud, Switzerland). This method combines observations in the field with the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). It considers timeless and timely factors.…

Agricultural economics 2010

Flury Ch., Meier B., Giuliani G.

In the Swiss agricultural sector, the development towards larger farms and consequently towards more economically favourable cost structures is relatively slow. A dynamic simulation model is used to investigate where an extrapolation of the present development could lead in future and what form alternative development paths could take. The simulations indicate that, compared to a…

Animal production 2010

Kauke M., Savary P.

The aim of this study was to record, through appropriate ethological and physiological parameters, the extent of the stress caused in animals by noise and vibration. Various intensities of noise and vibration were produced in an autotandem milking parlour by means of special loudspeaker systems (variant A: 70 dB(A) / 0.5 m/s2; variant B: 80…

Animal production 2010

Rérat M.

In Switzerland, the entry of veal calves in the fattening unit at the age of 4-7 weeks coincides with the transition from passive to active immunity. The main objective of this study was to determine the effect of the entry age in the fattening unit on the health status of veal calves. Three groups of…

Other 2010

Schneider F.

Plant production 2010

Other 2010

Bertschinger L.

Other 2010

Beck J.

Plant production 2010

Pellet D., Grosjean Y.

Plant production 2010

Streit C., Hiltbrunner C., Bovet V., Herzog C.

Plant production 2010

Streit C., Hiltbrunner J., Bovet V., Herzog C., Kleijer G., Oberson C.

Animal production 2010

Morel I., Collomb M., Van Dorland A., Bruckmaier R.

An experiment was set up to study the effect of an energy deficit of approximately 15 MJ per day for two weeks on the composition of milk fat. Twenty-four cows at the beginning of full lactation, which were fed the same diet (hay, mixtures of silage of grass and corn, potatoes, concentrates of energy, protein…

Plant production 2010

Schweiger J.

If the cultivation of transgenic crops is permitted after the Swiss moratorium on the commercial cultivation of GMPs expiration, it will be of interest to investigate the importance of this new technology and the factors influencing the decision to cultivate GM crops. Using a specific statistical method, interviews conducted with farmers of a research region…

Agricultural economics 2010

Bravin E., Kilchenmann A.

Within the ISAFRUIT project, important production-related (for example yield and grading results) and economic (working hours and producer prices) dimensions were compared between Switzerland and main apple growing EU countries. Producer prices and labor costs are higher in Switzerland than in European Union. Apple surfaces per farm are clearly smaller in Switzerland. Dependent on the…

Plant production 2010

Egger S., Brugger C., Baumgartner D., Bühler A.

Apple breeders around the world are trying to please the consumer with the perfect apple. The success of varieties in the demanding market environment mostly depends on the consumer’s taste. To investigate these preferences, the acceptance of 11 varieties was tested with 550 Swiss consumers within the European project ISAFRUIT, in Framework “6”. New varieties…

Other 2010

Keller-Doroszlai E.

Agricultural economics 2010

Gantner U.

Environment 2010

Mann S.

Using a wide range of methods, both parts of the Ordinance on Ecological Quality, `Quality` and `Networking`, were examined with respect to their critical points regarding transaction costs, institutional configuration in the cantons, and land-use changes associated with the programmes. The results suggest graded contributions for the `Quality` sphere and a replacement of the fixed…

Animal production 2010

Morel I., Chassot A.

The purpose of this study was to test the feasibility of veal production from suckled beef calves under Swiss conditions. The performances of the calves were compared as a function of the genetic type of the mother and their nutritional status was evaluated as a function of the mothers’ diet. The test was carried out…

Agricultural economics 2010

Lanz S., Barth L., Hofer C., Vogel S.

In future, direct payments shall target consistently the public services provided by agriculture as requested by society. In its report of 6th May 2009, the Federal Council proposed a modification of the current system of direct payments. Measures without specific aims are to be replaced by targeted tools. Thus the effectiveness and efficiency of the…

Other 2010

Wydler H., Picard R.

Around one per cent of Swiss family farms provide social services, making Switzerland one of the leading countries in Europe for care farming. Among the services offered, for example, are assisted living and supervised work on a farm for people with disabilities, the placement of children from difficult social backgrounds in farming foster families, and…

Other 2010

Boetsch M.

Archive

Birds affected by pesticides? Risk assessment and monitoring

Netzwerkarbeit des Schweizerischen Nationalgestüts

Liste der empfohlenen Maissorten für die Ernte 2010

Michel Rérat: Forschung für das Tierwohl

Assessment of risks of pesticides transfer by surface runoffs

Simulation of future farm size structures

Effect of noise and vibration in milking parlour on dairy cow

Entry age of veal calves in a fattening unit and health status

Herausforderungen und Chancen für das zweite Jahrzehnt

Kartoffelsorte Mustang

Fokussierte Vernetzung

Le professeur Shana J. Sturla traque l`interaction entre nutrition et cancer

Liste recommandée des variétés de tournesol pour la récolte 2010

Liste recommandée des variétés de soja pour la récolte 2010

Liste recommandée des variétés de pois protéagineux pour la récolte 2010

Influence of an energy deficient diet on milk composition

Factors influencing the potential cultivation of transgenic crops

International comparison in apple production

Preferences of Swiss Apple Consumers

Hans Wydler: Soziologe durch und durch

The New Landcape of Global Agriculture

Critical-point analysis of the Ordinance on Ecological Quality

Production of veal from suckled beef calves: calf performance

Development of the Swiss Direct Payments System

Care Farming: Social Services in Agriculture

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