Research Group Integrative Agroecology
The 'Integrative Agroecology' Research Group coordinates and pools the know-how of various groups in order to calculate a range of agri-environmental indicators and forms the heart of the new Swiss agri-environmental monitoring programme (MAUS). The group has great expertise in collecting, plausibility-checking and managing agricultural data. In addition, the group coordinates major EU partnership programmes for the whole of Agroscope.
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Monitoring, Analytics
Agroscope provides tools and decision-making criteria for the safeguarding of natural resources such as soil, water and biodiversity. These include e.g. environmental analytics or programmes that measure the environmental impact of agriculture.
Monitoring of the Swiss Agri-Environmental System (MAUS)
In order to develop agricultural policy, it is important to know how agriculture affects the environment. For this reason, the Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG) performs an agri-environmental monitoring (AEM) service, based on the ‘Ordinance concerning the Evaluation of the Sustainability of Agriculture’ (SR 919.118). Agroscope’s Competence Centre for Agri-Environmental Indicators is responsible for coordinating and calculating agri-environmental indicators (AEIs), at both national and individual-farm level.
Agroforestry as a New Land-Use Form
Modern agroforestry systems combine the cultivation of arable crops with trees, are managed using modern agricultural engineering methods, and are economically attractive.