We point out how agriculture can be enhanced with complementary value chains such as tourism, the expansion of positive external effects (e.g. environmental services), or renewable energies. We develop the bases for sustainable development and consistent land-use planning.
Through its Horse Advisory Agency and its initial and continuing education courses for the whole equine sector, Agroscope Swiss National Stud provides knowledge up to university level on the keeping, reproduction and breeding of horses.
The aim of Agroscope’s Centre for Bee Research (ZBF) is to maintain and improve the quality of bee products as well as to scientifically assess the bee-compatibility of PPP’s. The ZBF is also the Reference Laboratory for Bee Diseases.
Switzerland is famous for its attractive rural landscape. It can only be preserved, however, if we are able to recognise and assess the most important processes involved in changing it.
The regional development of rural areas in Switzerland is not uniform, depending as it does on a great many factors. Agroscope is investigating which of these could lead to land-use conflicts.
