Environmental Analytics

One of the main sources of micropollutants in the aqueous environment are diffuse emissions from agriculture through e.g. surface runoff or drainage. The Environmental Analytics Working Group investigates properties, emission pathways and degradation mechanisms of these agricultural micropollutants in different environmental matrices.

Projects

Soil analysis and laboratory certification

Agroscope has a statutory responsibility for certifying service laboratories offering soil analyses as proof of fulfilment of the PEP inspection obligation. Laboratory certification is awarded on the basis of standardised ring tests, based on the results of which the list of approved laboratories is published each year.

VBBo Proficiency Testing: Contribution to Ensuring Data Quality

To ensure a nationwide comparability of soil analyses, as stipulated in the national Ordinance on the Pollution of Soil VBBo, the National Soil Monitoring Network NABO regularly performs proficiency testing s. These evaluations are commissioned by the federal government and conducted for interested laboratories to ensure indispensable data quality. The VBBo proficiency testing is done in cooperation with the «Wageningen Evaluating Programmes for Analytical Laboratories WEPAL». Results are published in a public laboratory list.

Regulating the Inspection of Organic Recycled Fertilisers

Agroscope coordinates the approval of the laboratories carrying out the inspections of organic recycled fertilisers.

PERECUSO - Pesticide Residues in Potato Production

The project PERECUSO brings together scientists from Cuba’s National Center for Animal and Plant Health, CENSA (=Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria) and Agroscope’s Environmental Analytics and Swiss Soil Monitoring Network NABO Research Groups to investigate pesticide residues in the soil and in potatoes.

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Analytics

Analytical research and services are an important driver for Agroscope's performance, innovationand impact. Close cooperation between research projects, legal tasks and analytics is a key factor for Agroscope's success.

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