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Agricultural economics 2002

Schelske O., Seidl I.

This paper deals with biodiversity conservation by economic activities in the food and nutrition sector. A case study about the growing and marketing of the wheat species Emmer (Triticum dicoccum) in the region Schaffhausen analyses necessary success factors for the development of similar regional economic activities. Such success factors are the involved regional production capabilities,…

Agricultural economics 2002

Luder W.

On a well-equipped upland farm the daily indoor tasks hardly differ from those of a lowland farm on which beef cattle are reared. From this point of view it would easily be possible for a two-generation hill farming family to keep 25 dairy cattle together with the same number of rearing beef cattle and starter…

Agricultural economics 2002

Richter T., Bapst B., Meili E.

Organic beef sold under the label Bio Weide-Beef® (BWB) has been marketed very successfully via outlets of the retailer Migros Ostschweiz since 1999. On the basis of two consumer surveys in outlets of Migros Ostschweiz, FiBL collected relevant information on the factors that most probably influenced the success of this label. The brand label program…

Agricultural economics 2002

Wildisen M., Zuber M.

On 29 May 2002 the Federal Council approved the motion for further developing agrarian policy (Agrarian Policy 2007). This motion includes changes to six fe-deral laws and one federal decision concerning funding for agriculture for the period 2004-2007. The key elements are the abolishment of milk quotas, the sale of meat import quotas to the…

Agricultural economics 2002

Lips M.

The abolishment of the swiss raw milk quota is analyzed. While the raw milk production increases by 14 % the price for raw milk producers is remarkably sinking. Taking the bilateral contracts between Switzerland and the European Union into consideration only a small raise of the raw milk quantity results. The analysis is carried out…

Agricultural economics 2002

Imboden O.

Agricultural economics 2002

Schenk A.

In Switzerland dry grasslands belong to the endangered biotopes. As a part of the federal inventory of dry grasslands of national importance, this project dealt with the question which factors influence the farmers’ decision to sign a management contract for dry grassland. The results show that apart from financial reasons several other factors are relevant.…

Agricultural economics 2001

Pezzatti M., Rieder P.

Agricultural economics 2001

Steingruber E., Hofer P.

“In the long-term field trial “”Oberacker”” at Zollikofen (Switzerland) crop yields were measured to determine the effect of no-tillage without any soil disturbance and conventional tillage with mouldboard plough. A cost and profit analysis (full cost accounting) was carried out with the data in order to analyse farm economy of the changeover from a conventional…

Agricultural economics 2000

Lehmann H.-J., Hänni H.

Agricultural economics 2000

Girsberger M.A.

At present, Farmers’ Rights are, in contrast to patents and plant breeders’ rights, not an operational mechanism to protect genetic resources. One of the aims of the ongoing revision of the “International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources” (International Undertaking) of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations is the further realisation of…

Agricultural economics 2000

Radlinsky A., Theler C., Lehmann B.

Social aspects play a leading role in the sustainability concept. Therefore, the principal elements of social sustainability will be subjected to an analysis within the scope of a study of the social conditions prevailing in Swiss agriculture. The theoretical approach is based on the concept of quality of life. In Spring 2000, a postal survey…

Agricultural economics 2000

Fust W.

Agricultural economics 2000

Anwander Phan-Huy S.

At the beginning of the 1970s, the Swiss public was shocked by reports in news media on the subject of ecological problems resulting from agricultural activities. Since then, measures to improve integration and promote environmental awareness have been implemented, hesitantly at first due to political opposition, and then more decisively with the agricultural policy reform…

Agricultural economics 2000

Baur P.

The central thesis of this paper states that the new agricultural policy (since 1993)has initiated a structural change in Swiss agriculture that appears to be quite different from the past.This is due to the shift in income support from production quantity to factor input.It is characterised by the following structural change paradox:While the decrease in…

Agricultural economics 2000

Hartnagel S., Schmid O., Freyer B.

Agricultural economics 1999

Ammann M.

Within the framework of an INTERREG Project a study on the horticultural sector in the Lake of Constanze region was carried out. This article deals with the economic effects of an increasingly open market on production and trade. Production was investigated using a linear programming model. One of the main influences on production are the…

Agricultural economics 1999

Pfefferli S., Schmid D.

Within the scope of the introduction of Switzerland’s Agricultural Policy 2002, underlying conditions will change so that there will be pressing need for a large number of farms to take action. Model calculations involving a medium-sized mixed farm show that between 1996 and 2003, given a surface increase of 2 % and an adaptation of…

Agricultural economics 1999

Meier B.

The agricultural income of the test farms of the Central Analysis of Accountancy Data de-creased significantly between 1990 and 1995. The income situation slightly recovered in 1996 and 1997. Taking the general price increase into account, however, the nominal income remains clearly below the level reached at the beginning of the nineties. Over the course…

Agricultural economics 1999

Malitius O., Pfefferli S.

The FAT’s agro-economic research is focused on analyses, calculations and prognosis helping the farmers, agricultural advisors and agricultural policy in their decision-making processes. Any decision support is an intensive dialogue between the advisors and the decision-makers. The quantitative methods used depend on the specific problems. Agro-political measures in particular must be assessed according to economic,…

Agricultural economics 1999

Luder W., Näf E.

The increasing pressure on production costs in Swiss agriculture requires a most efficient use of the cost intensive factor of labour. The research in the field of economy of labour of the FAT endeavours to make available the appropriate bases for decisions.

Agricultural economics 1999

Kaufmann R.

Sustainable, that is to say economic, ecological and socially responsible production methods are increasingly requested by the general public and the agricultural policy makers. The primary goal of research in the field of process engineering is to develop and improve animal housing systems. Moreover, the research establishes essential bases for decisions in order to assess…

Agricultural economics 1999

Gaillard G., Irla E.

An environmental life cycle assessment of mechanical and mechanical-chemical weed control methods was established for ware potatoes, grain maize, winter rape and winter wheat, and compared to that of chemical techniques. Given the assumptions defined, the following conclusions can be drawn: The factors (fuel consumption, mechanisation, herbicide production, emissions, etc.) influencing the environmental impacts strongly…

Agricultural economics 1999

Tobias S., Weisskopf P., Schaub D., Marty P.

The 7th report about agriculture of the Swiss Federal Council laid the foundations for a new ecological direction of Swiss agriculture. Additionally, the revision of the federal act on environment protection extended the legal measures of soil protection. Henceforth, physical and mechanical impacts that cause persistent damage of soil fertility must be avoided. In agriculture,…

Agricultural economics 1999

Dubois D., Zihlmann U., Fried P.M., Tschachtli R., Malitius O.

Since 1992 an intensive (IS), an integrated (IP) and a low input (LI) farming system are compared on all arable plots of the Burgrain farm. The number of pesticide treatments in the integrated and the low input system was 63 % and 83 % lower than in the conventional, rather intensive farming system. Also the…

Agricultural economics 1999

Forni D., Gujer H.U., Nyffenegger L., Vogel S., Gantner U.

La valutazione dei provvedimenti ecologicie dei programmi inerenti alla detenzione degli animali é svolta dall’Ufficio federale dell’agricoltura in collaborazione con diversientie stazioni federali di ricerca in base all’ordinanza del 7 dicembre 1998 concernente l’analisi dell’agricolturadal profilodellasostenibilità.La valutazione verte sull’analisi della partecipazione ai singoli provvedimenti o programmi, dei loro effetti e ripercussioni come pure sullo studio…

Agricultural economics 1999

Rätzer H., Künzi N.

The objective of this study was to compare the ratio between input and output (costs and returns) for Holstein, Jersey, and Simmental cattle in Switzerland. A reference situation was defined for comparison. Under a milk price system in which the value of protein is twice as high as the value of fat, and with a…

Agricultural economics 1999

Hess B., Schmid H., Lehmann B.

Experts carried out a survey using the Delphi method in order to obtain reliable instruments for monitoring the environmental consequences of national legislation and, at the same time, to determine the impact and effectiveness of the applicable regulations. The survey included both the active and inanimate environment (soil, water, air, bio-diversity and landscape). The first…

Agricultural economics 1999

Gaillard G., Hausheer J.

An environmental life cycle assessment of different wheat cropping systems (intensive United Kingdom, intensive, integrated and organic Switzerland) was established. The results reveal that wheat cropping systems with a reduced input use proved to be most favourable from an ecological point of view, provided that the yield reaches a certain level. the sensitivity of the…

Agricultural economics 1999

Baur P.

Since 1993 nature conservation is promoted within the Swiss agricultural policy. In 1997 4,2 % of the direct governmental subsidies to farmers were allocated to ecological compensation measures. Approximately 9 % of the national agricultural surface was managed on a contractual basis. The empirical analysis in the canton Zurich (1996) confirms that the participation of…

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A case study on the growing and marketing of old land races

Farm growth in hill regions: reorganising the hay harvest

Bio Weide-Beef – Beef Brand with high Consumer Benefit

Agrarian Policy 2007 – The further development of agrarian policy

Abolishment of the Swiss Raw Milk Quota

Agrotourismus in der Schweiz

Acceptance of contracts for managing dry grassland

Influence of development on agricultural structure in Alpine regions

Economic efficiency of no-tillage

State and farmers guarantee and reap the benefits of biodiversity

Patents, Plant Breeders' Rights and Farmers' Rights

Social sustainability in Swiss agriculture

Empowerment through research

Ecological concerns in the Swiss agricultural policy

Structural effects of the new agricultural policy

Strategies for milk farms in European mountain regions (Swiss Jura, Black Forest, Vogesen)

The future of the horticultural sector in the Lake of Constanze region

Strategies within the scope of agricultural policy 2002

The economic situation of the test farms since 1990

Agro-economic research as decision support

The farmer as a manager: contribution of labour economy to the farm management

Research in the field of animal housing systems for the assessment of sustainability

Life cycle assessment of weed control in field crops

Chances of soil conserving tillage practices in Switzerland

Yields and economic results of three farming systems at Burgrain

Evaluation of environmental and ethological measures in agriculture

Profitability of different cattle breeds

Environmental indicators – Interface between economy and ecology

Life cycle assessment of wheat cropping

Nature conservation – from a casual agricultural by-product to an intended service Yields and economic results of three farming systems at Burgrain