Practical solutions are developed for current problems in vegetable growing within the vegetable growing extension. The project portfolio is defined annually in collaboration with the Vegetable Research Forum.

New plant protection products have to be authorized by the Federal Office for Agriculture before they can be placed on the market. Experts of ACW check the documentation of the companies on application and efficacy of the products and complement the submitted data with own experiments in order to evaluate the relationship between benefit and risks of the use of the product.