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FiBL Newsletter February 2021

 

News

 

Video: Pig feeding – effect of silage on the occurrence of gastric ulcers

A lack of structured feed increases the risk of gastric ulcers, a common health problem in pigs. Supplying pigs with grass silage has shown to…

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Intercropping

Video: Increasing domestic protein supply with intercropping

Over ten years ago, only about 80 hectares of organic peas and fava beans were cultivated in Switzerland. This accounted for only three percent of the…

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Online course on farm video production

The NEFERTITI project, of which FiBL is a partner, organised an online course "How to produce your own farm video to enhance knowledge exchange".…

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Video: Feeding insects for organic layers

Feeding of insects offers new possibilities to overcome the protein gap in organic farming.

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Successful international video conference "Organic Animal Husbandry Systems – Challenges, Performance and Potentials"

The IFOAM Animal Husbandry Alliance (IAHA) together with the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) organised a well-attended video…

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FiBL partnered with Legumes Translated for an online seminar - "How to produce your own farm video to enhance knowledge exchange"

The online seminar showcasing video production within the context of agricultural projects on September 1, 2020, is now available for viewing and…

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Farewell after 30 years as the director of FiBL Switzerland

Urs Niggli has been the director of FiBL Switzerland since 1990, and on April 1 he will pass the position over to Knut Schmidtke, Lucius Tamm and Marc…

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Launch of SEA2LAND project: Producing advanced bio-based fertilisers from fisheries wastes

European agriculture relies heavily on external sources for the supply of key fertilisers. At the same time, large quantities of nutrients are…

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Cover Activity report

The new FiBL activity report has arrived

We hope that all our readers will enjoy discovering new and perhaps surprising aspects of FiBL's work.

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Publications

 

Cover Dossier

New reference document on organic production principles and good practice

The demand for organic products has been increasing worldwide for years. As a result, the interest of farmers in Europe to convert to organic farming…

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New trainers’ guide "Participatory On-Farm Breeding of Organic Cotton" published

The "Manual for Participatory On-Farm Breeding of Cotton" aims to assist trainers in conducting instructional and practical training courses on…

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Events

 

FiBL events in other languages

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Yours sincerely,
Andreas Basler and Helga Willer
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