About us

Agroscope is the Swiss centre of excellence for agricultural research, and is affiliated with the Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG). Agroscope makes an important contribution to a sustainable agriculture and food sector as well as to an intact environment, thereby contributing to an improved quality of life.

Since 1 January 2017, Agroscope consists of three Competence Divisions for Research Technology and Knowledge Exchange, as well as seven Strategic Research Divisions and the Resources Unit.

The implementation of the new site strategy has begun: in future, Agroscope will consist of a central research campus in Posieux (canton of Fribourg), a research centre in Changins (canton of Vaud) and Reckenholz (canton of Zurich), and peripheral experimental stations. The efficiency gains arising from the new strategy will be reinvested in research. The planned expansion of the peripheral experimental stations will decisively strengthen practical relevance.

The topography and consequently the cultivation and production conditions in Switzerland are very diverse. In order to be able to deal with the various conditions, Agroscope conducts tests from the Jura across the midland and the Alps, to the Ticino. You can find the addresses of the various locations here.

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The former Swiss federal agricultural research stations, established between the late 19th century and the 1970s, were gradually consolidated in the 1990s and finally merged in 2014 to form the single institution now known as Agroscope.