Agriculture in the tropics & subtropics
International
Agriculture in the tropics & subtropics
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What FiBL is doing on this theme
- Background: Mediterranean farming systems
- Department of Soil Sciences, FiBL Switzerland
- DOK-Trial, Department of Soil Sciences, FiBL Switzerland
- Group Agroecosystem Innovation & Adoption, Department of International Cooperation, FiBL Switzerland
- Group Resilient cropping systems, Department of International Cooperation, FiBL Switzerland
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News on the theme
- 04/25/2024 : Organic agriculture in the tropics: a contributor to local livelihoods
- 04/11/2024 : A viable future: Agroecology and organic agriculture in the tropics
- 02/09/2024 : New policy dossier on agroecology in the tropics
- 10/06/2023 : Tropentag pre-event "Agroecology and Organic Farming and the Contribution to Global Food Security"
- 09/11/2023 : Successful global forum on controlling the armyworm
- 02/10/2023 : Booklet "Faces of Organic Cotton"
- 08/26/2022 : SysCom program: the status quo and the future
- 12/22/2021 : International prize for FiBL program: award ceremony and workshop with researchers from India and Kenya
- 12/16/2021 : International FiBL cotton project honoured with research prize
- 01/27/2021 : Organic agriculture is a sustainable alternative for developing economies
- 07/17/2020 : Long-term farming systems research across the globe: New book released
- 07/02/2019 : Towards improved sustainability of palm oil – FiBL publishes assessment report
- 02/28/2019 : Towards improved sustainability of palm oil – Can organic certification boost positive environmental and social impact of palm oil?
- 06/08/2018 : FiBL at the Annual Swiss Development Cooperation Conference 2018
- 11/24/2016 : Organic farming in sub-Saharan Africa is productive, economically viable and resource-conserving
- 06/30/2016 : Organic equals conventional agriculture in the tropics
- 11/11/2015 : SFIAR Award Ceremony 2015
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Advancing ecological organic agriculture in Africa
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Biodiversity and climate change adaptation on ecological organic farms in the Tropics
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Ecological approach to organic farming in the Tropics
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Ecological approach to pest and disease management in the Tropics
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Ecological approach to soil fertility and health in the Tropics
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Faces of Organic Cotton
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Productivity on ecological organic farms in the Tropics
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Profitability on ecological organic farms in the Tropics
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SysCom - Comparing organic and conventional production systems in the tropics
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SysCom and ProEcoAfrica/OFSA projects
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Status FiBL Title Start End ongoing CH Carbon footprint and other environmental impacts in different cacao production system: a long-term analysis 01.01.2024 30.11.2028 completed CH Training materials and courses for best practices in organic and dynamic Cocoa Agroforestry systems 01.11.2019 30.09.2022 completed CH Meta-analysis on the sustainability of cocoa production systems along a diversity gradient (Biodiversity Climate) 01.01.2019 30.04.2020 ongoing CH Long-term farming systems comparisons in the tropics (SysCom) 01.05.2005 31.12.2026