The agriculture and food sector faces major challenges. Among others, these include climate change, protecting the air, soil, water and biodiversity, and providing a healthy diet to a growing population. Agroscope’s 2022–2025 Work Programme takes up these challenges.
The European project SAGROPIA is dedicated to transforming plant protection in European agriculture by introducing 13 biological and low-risk pesticides, positioned as substitutes for key «candidates of substitution» (CfS).