Economic Modelling and Policy Analysis

Ökonomische Modellierung und Politikanalyse

The Swiss agricultural sector is caught between the competing demands of society’s expectations. Using economic models, Agroscope evaluates the impacts of agricultural policy instruments on social objectives and highlights trade-offs.

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Research Projects

Overview of the projects in the current Work Programme.

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SWISSland

Supply-and-demand volumes can be depicted and their future trends calculated.

Policy Analysis

Agroscope investigates how policy measures can reduce the environmental footprint of agriculture.

Trade Analyses

Agroscope conducts research on foreign trade in agricultural products.

SWISSfoodSys

The SWISSfoodSys model aims to assess and optimise the sustainability of food systems.

Latest News and Further Information

How Vulnerable is Switzerland in terms of Food Imports?

Owing to its low degree of self-sufficiency, Switzerland is highly dependent on food imports. Because of this, it is important to assess its vulnerability in terms of supply security of these key imported goods.

Plant Protection: More Prevention with Risk-taking Farmers

Prevention plays an important role in reducing plant-protection product use. A generally cautious attitude towards risk-taking and towards the use of other risk-management measures is associated with lower prevention efforts.