Franz Steiner on biodiversity: "Biodiversity is often destroyed unnecessarily"

Franz Steiner works at FiBL and recently joined the board of Bioforum Schweiz. He has been committed to biodiversity for many years. (Photo: Brigitta Steiner)

Biodiversity is one of the foundations of our existence, a major and complex issue – and one that is often overlooked. From FiBL's point of view, a high biodiversity on the farm is an important pillar of good organic farming. Over the next few months, we will be giving a number of specialists the opportunity to share their views on the importance of biodiversity in agriculture in our "Voices on Biodiversity" series.

This time, it's Franz Steiner's turn. He grew up on a farm. After his agricultural apprenticeship, he studied at the Technical Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Basel, had various jobs as a development aid worker and worked in Switzerland from the 1990s as an organic inspector and agricultural consultant, among other things. Even at the age of 70, he still works at FiBL and recently joined the board of Bioforum Schweiz. He has been committed to biodiversity for many years.