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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 !