Protective Bacteria Underestimated
Lactic-acid bacteria have been used for millennia for the biopreservation of fermented foods. Their protective effect is conferred by the production of a wide range of antimicrobial metabolites. Protective cultures such as lactic-acid bacteria or other bacteria constitute a still-underestimated means of positively influencing the microbiome of foods. Agroscope seeks to discover the mechanisms in order to identify possible applications.
Further Optimisation of Supply Security
Agroscope carried out model calculations in order to help cre-ate suitable framework conditions for security of supply. From these calculations, we learned that the Swiss population could be supplied with 2300 kcal per person and day without imports. Environmental impacts were not taken into account. Supple-mentary surveys and calculations showed that Swiss house-holds should optimise their emergency stocks, and that com-pulsory food stockpiles should be expanded. The results of the evaluation of the supply security contributions will be included in the further development of Agricultural Policy AP22+.