Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau FiBL

December 2024

News

Cover picture of the joint newsletter.

OrganicAdviceNetwork launches its first network activities for advisors in 2025

The OrganicAdviceNetwork project has published its first newsletter and is inviting advisors from all over Europe to take part in various…

Anne Challandes.

Anne Challandes on biodiversity: "Biodiversity concerns us all"

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…

A board in front of a building with information about the Organic World Congress.

FiBL at the 21st IFOAM Organic World Congress in Taiwan

The 21st Organic World Congress (OWC) took place from 30 November to 6 December 2024 in Taiwan. The OWC is regularly convened by IFOAM – Organics…

A group of people on a staircase.

Organic Farming Innovations Network Europe successfully kicked off

The European-funded project Organic Farming Innovations Network Europe (OH-FINE), launched on 1 November 2024, brings together 18 European…

Audience at an event.

Policy and stakeholder engagement for an agroecological transition in Vietnam

Since 2022, FiBL Switzerland has collaborated with the Center of Agricultural Research and Ecological Studies (CARES) and the Food and Agriculture…

There is a colony of bacteria in violett, which are round and adhere to orange long structures. The latter are fungal hyphae. There is a scale that says "0.01 millimeters".

An ecological solution against pathogenic fungi

Synthetic fungicides are commonly used to control harmful fungi in conventional agriculture, but they have various drawbacks. Researchers from the…

A local farmer from Ecuador is stretching his arms towards a cocoa fruit to harvest it. He is in the middle of green leaves from a forest or plantation.

Impacts of the new EU Organic Regulation 2018/848

The new EU organic regulation redefines the rules for international organic production destined for the EU and Swiss market. FiBL now presents the…

Further news in German

Further FiBL news are available in German. You can find them here: www.fibl.org/de/infothek/nachrichtenarchiv

Publications

Cover: Cell fusion free varieties in vegetable production.

Updated list of cell fusion-free vegetable varieties

In collaboration with breeding companies, the organic associations and FiBL Switzerland have revised the list of cell fusion-free varieties of…

Events

11 February 2025 – 14 February 2025

Biofach 2025

Nuremberg, Germany

12 February 2025 – 14 February 2025

Herb power for animal health: from tradition to legislation

Warsaw, Poland

06 May 2025

Science-policy event “Agroecological Transition of Food Systems in Africa”

Brussels, Belgium

FiBL events in other languages

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Yours sincerely,
Andreas Basler and Helga Willer

The joint newsletter of FiBL Switzerland, FiBL Germany, FiBL Austria, FiBL France and FiBL Europe is usually published monthly.
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