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- 05/23/2024 : Photovoice: Sustainability in images and words from the perspective of farmers in Andalusia and Ecuador
- 05/21/2024 : Advancing organic cacao cultivation in agroforestry: successful training in Bolivia
- 05/21/2024 : European project GrapeBreed4IPM has started
- 11/13/2023 : Positive list of cell fusion-free vegetable varieties updated
- 11/13/2023 : Technical guide on organic bush berry production in Kosovo published
- 08/20/2023 : Risks for residues caused by spray drift in small organic vineyards in Switzerland
- 08/11/2023 : EU project BIOFRUITNET promoting innovation in organic fruit production
- 07/20/2023 : Opportunities for organic farming research in Southeast Asia
- 07/12/2023 : Efficient seed extraction in organic tomato cultivation
- 02/10/2023 : Booklet "Faces of Organic Cotton"
- 12/06/2022 : Positive list of cell fusion-free vegetable varieties updated
- 11/23/2022 : Sheep in orchards: discover two podcasts on the ÉCORCE project
- 11/18/2022 : Portrait series: Faces of Organic Cotton
- 11/01/2022 : Three new organic technical guides for Moldova
- 10/17/2022 : New guide on organic seedling production for medicinal and aromatic plants for Kosovo
- 09/15/2022 : Success in the battle against the cotton seed crisis: first ever release of organic cotton varieties in India
- 08/26/2022 : New platform for the fight against Citrus Greening
- 06/09/2022 : Survey for practitioners on organic vegetable growing
- 02/11/2022 : Video: Indian cotton farmer meets Swiss influencer
- 12/23/2021 : Organic cocoa from agroforestry systems – international exchange in Bolivia
- 12/16/2021 : International FiBL cotton project honoured with research prize
- 12/06/2021 : Positive list of cell fusion-free vegetable varieties updated
- 11/04/2021 : New guide on harvest and post-harvest handling of herbs for Kosovo
- 08/20/2021 : How to increase the sustainability of global supply chains
- 07/01/2021 : Video: Insights into the BRESOV project
- 06/22/2021 : Flowers in the cabbage patch are good for beneficials
- 04/13/2021 : What remedies for leaf blotch?
- 04/07/2021 : Oranges in danger
- 03/17/2021 : Workshop on improving the sustainability of intensive organic fruit orchards
- 01/28/2021 : New trainers’ guide "Participatory On-Farm Breeding of Organic Cotton" published
- 10/15/2020 : Meta-analysis on the agronomic, ecological and socio-economic performance of cacao agroforestry and monocultures systems published
- 10/14/2020 : Is organic chocolate more sustainable? Recent publication addresses the role of transportation in chocolates carbon footprint
- 08/25/2020 : Survey: Improving crop protection in organic fruit production – extended deadline
- 08/13/2020 : Online event "How organic breeding adds value to the food chain"
- 05/25/2020 : Website of the Biofruitnet project now online
- 04/28/2020 : Organic Farm Knowledge - A unique resource with tools for farmers across Europe
- 01/09/2020 : Launch of new project BIOFRUITNET
- 12/10/2019 : Organic orange producers defend against the yellow dragon
- 09/26/2018 : Highlight for organic and fairtrade cotton in West Africa
- 09/04/2018 : Perennial flower strips - an effective measure against pests in fruit production
- 06/19/2018 : Optimising vegetable crops for organic farming: Launch of 4-year EU research project BRESOV
- 03/22/2018 : Agroforestry can safeguard the future of chocolate
- 11/08/2017 : FiBL and Indian agricultural university sign MoU to embark on collaborative projects
- 08/28/2017 : Cotton is back in Haiti: New hope for farmers
- 05/17/2017 : FiBL and Korean partners: Organic strategies for fruit orchards
- 02/23/2017 : Cacao agroforestry systems increase farmers’ income
- 07/11/2016 : FiBL scientists report the major bottlenecks of organic cotton production in India
- 03/23/2016 : CGIAR features FiBL cotton research in state of the art publication on innovation platforms
- 06/12/2015 : Launch of a new project to combat an important cocoa disease in West Africa
- 03/26/2015 : Syprobio project presented at Expo Milano 2015
- 03/24/2015 : Syprobio project: Tested innovations already being disseminated in West Africa
- 12/05/2013 : Long-term trial in India shows: Organic Cotton is competitive with GM crops
- 08/20/2012 : Apple thinning with potassium bicarbonate
- 07/06/2011 : GM cotton seeds a threat to Indian farmers
- 07/04/2011 : New consultancy mandate on organic apple and black currant production in Ukraine
- 06/07/2010 : FiBL-supported Citricos Ex wins Prestigious Mexican National Export Award for organic citrus exports to Switzerland
- 05/13/2009 : World Congress on Organic Cotton – From Fashion to Sustainability
- 02/02/2006 : New extension tools for organic cotton production
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Status	FiBL	Title	Start	End
ongoing	CH	Systemic Varietal tests on tomatoes resistant to ToBRFV	01.01.2025	31.12.2028
ongoing	CH	Encapsulation of bacterial-fungal consortia for agricultural applications (ENHANCE)	01.01.2025	31.12.2028
ongoing	CH	Encouraging the cultivation of minor legumes in Switzerland through the development of innovative plant-based foods (LEGU4FOOD)	01.11.2024	31.10.2027
ongoing	CH	Pilot trials "Functional biodiversity in brussels sprouts cultivation"	01.01.2024	31.12.2026
ongoing	CH	peat reduction with composted hemp fibres	01.01.2024	31.12.2024
ongoing	CH	Optimizing supply of organic broccoli (2024-25)	01.01.2024	31.12.2025
ongoing	CH	Organic pot herbs for Coop/Jumbo (Coop-Topfkräuter)	01.01.2024	31.12.2026
ongoing	AT	Pilot project Bionet special crops	01.01.2024	31.03.2025
completed	CH	Regenerative Parsley production in Central Europe	01.05.2023	15.07.2023
ongoing	CH	BioDiVerger: 10 years +	01.04.2023	31.03.2026
ongoing	CH	Organic sweet fennel production in Switzerland (Fenchelprojekt Coop)	27.03.2023	28.02.2025
completed	CH	Evaluation VEGI Mongolia (Eval VEGI Mongolia)	15.12.2022	30.06.2023
ongoing	DE CH EU	Organic seed and plant breeding to accelerate sustainable and diverse food systems in Europe (LiveSeeding)	01.10.2022	30.09.2026
completed	DE	Organic field days 2023	01.06.2022	21.10.2023
completed	CH	Quality assurance in Swiss organic chicory production (Bio-Chicorée)	01.04.2022	31.03.2024
ongoing	CH	Torfreduzierte und torffreie Anzuchtsubstrate für Jungpflanzen im produzierenden Gemüsebau (Torfreduktion)	01.04.2022	31.05.2026
completed	AT	Bionet Österreich 2022 - Bioacker (Bionet)	01.04.2022	31.03.2024
ongoing	CH	Ingweranbau in der Schweiz	01.02.2022	31.01.2025
completed	CH	Entwicklung eines Biodiversitätspunktesystems für Gemüsebaubetriebe	01.01.2022	31.12.2022
ongoing	AT	Market gardening - innovation to strengthen the Austrian supply of fresh vegetables	01.01.2022	31.12.2024
completed	CH	Microplastics from road traffic and biogas slurry in soil (BLW-Mikroplastik)	01.12.2021	31.01.2024
completed	CH	Partizipative Forschung Biogemüsebau	01.11.2021	31.12.2022
ongoing	AT CH	MIcro- and NAno-Plastics in AGRIcultural Soils: sources, environmental fate and impacts on ecosystem services and overall sustainability (MINAGRIS)	01.09.2021	31.08.2026
ongoing	CH	Improving the shelf life of organic beetroots - Influence of different production strategies	01.05.2021	30.04.2025
completed	CH	Optimizing supply of organic broccoli	01.01.2021	31.12.2023
completed	CH	Biodiversity Standard for european fruit & vegetable production (Biodiversity Add-on)	16.11.2020	31.12.2022
ongoing	CH	Sustainable Plant Protection Transition: A Global Approach (SPRINT)	01.09.2020	31.12.2025
completed	DE	Wege zu mehr Ökolandbau und Grundwasserschutz in Südhessen: Erarbeitung eines Grobkonzepts	01.04.2020	30.06.2021
completed	AT	Bionet Österreich 2020 - Bioacker (Bionet)	01.04.2020	31.03.2022
ongoing	DE	Competence and Practice Research Network for the Further Development of Nutrient Management in Organic Agriculture (NutriNet)	01.03.2019	28.02.2027
completed	CH	Fertilizer Test Polysulphate	01.01.2019	31.07.2020
completed	CH FR	Control fusariosis in garlic and melon crops according to soil diversity. Proposal of agronomic and ecological levers in SYNERGY with the potentialities of pedoclimatic contexts and with conventional and organic farming systems. (SYNERGIES)	01.01.2019	30.06.2022
ongoing	CH	Mit neuen Strategien gegen neue Schädlinge: Wanzenbekämpfung im biologischen Landbau (Wanzenregulierung)	01.01.2019	31.12.2024
completed	AT	Boosting 4 BEST practices for SOIL health in Europe (BEST4SOIL)	01.11.2018	31.03.2022
completed	AT	Grüne Seestadt - Lernen für die essbare Stadt der Zukunft (Essbare Seestadt)	02.07.2018	01.01.2021
completed	CH	Breeding for Resilient, Efficient and Sustainable Organic Vegetable production (BRESOV)	01.05.2018	30.04.2023
completed	CH	Organic and bio-dynamic vegetable production in low-energy GREENhouses – sustainable, RESILIENT and innovative food production systems (Greenresilient)	02.04.2018	01.10.2021
completed	CH	Coop Organic Facts	01.11.2017	30.05.2018
completed	CH DE	LIVESEED - Improve performance of organic agriculture by boosting organic seed and plant breeding efforts across Europe (LIVESEED)	01.06.2017	30.09.2021
completed	CH	Nitrogen use efficiency in arable and vegetable production for reducing nitrate leaching losses to groundwater (NitroGäu)	01.04.2017	30.11.2021
completed	CH FR	Compost - Soil fertility and plant health	01.03.2017	31.12.2019
completed	CH	Organic fresh herbs	01.01.2017	31.12.2021
completed	CH	Development and technical implementation of modern seed technologies (cleaning, thermal seed treatment, priming, coating with microorganisms) (Saatguttechnologie)	01.10.2016	30.04.2021
completed	CH	Improvement of population breeding of open-pollinated broccoli as a replacement for cell-fusion based CMS hybrids (Brokkoli Züchtung)	01.10.2016	30.04.2021
completed	AT	Bionet Österreich 2016 - Bioacker (Bionet)	01.09.2016	31.03.2020
completed	AT	Operationelle Gruppe Weiterentwicklung Bio-Wintergemüse – Lösung von konkreten Problemstellungen beim Anbau von Bio-Wintergemüse	01.05.2016	01.04.2019
completed	CH AT	Organic Food Systems Africa (OFSA)	01.03.2016	28.02.2019
completed	CH	Organic Agriculture in Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi OAS)	05.10.2015	23.03.2017
completed	CH	Improvement of the quality of organic oninons (BioZwiebeln)	01.01.2015	31.12.2020
completed	CH DE	Support for organic plant breeding research (Support Pflanzenzüchtung)	01.10.2014	30.09.2019
completed	CH	Robust planting material from seeds to young plants - an implementation oriented chain approach (COST Bioseedling)	01.03.2014	28.02.2016
completed	CH	Zellfusionsfreie Sorten im Bio-Gemüseanbau: Züchtungsmethoden und Marktversorgung im Biogemüsebau	01.01.2014	31.12.2022
completed	CH	Organic greenhouse horticulture (OGH)	01.01.2013	31.12.2016
ongoing	CH	Applied experiments for organic vegetable growing	01.01.2013
completed	CH	Umstellungsberatung für Bioproduktion und Biounterhalt der Stadtgärtnerei Basel	01.01.2011	31.12.2012
completed	CH	Schulgartenprojekt	01.01.2011	15.06.2012
completed	CH	Climate friendly arable and vegetable production (KLINE-AG)	01.01.2009	31.12.2011
ongoing	CH	Research and Development on herbs and elderberry growing for Ricola AG	01.01.2008
completed	CH	Contamination in Organic Vegetables (PathOrganic)	01.08.2007	30.07.2011
completed	CH	Netzwerk im ökologischen Gemüsebau	01.01.2007	30.11.2009
completed	CH	Biological control of lepidoptera pests through functional biodiversity in cabbage crops	01.01.2007	31.12.2020
completed	CH	Sicherstellung von biologischem Saat- und Pflanzgut: Verbesserung der Saat- und Pflanzgutgesundheit im Biogemüsebau (Saatgutgesundheit)	01.05.2006	01.05.2009
completed	CH	Use of mycorrhizal inocula in field and horticultural crops	01.05.2005	31.08.2007
completed	CH	Netzwerk Gemüsebauforschung	01.01.2004	31.12.2007
completed	CH	Applikationstechniken zur Regulierung von Schädlingen im Gemüsebau	01.01.2003	31.12.2007
completed	CH	Saatgut Pathologie: Sicherstellung von biologischem Saat- und Pflanzgut: Verbesserung der Saat- und Pflanzgutgesundheit im Biogemüsebau	01.01.2003	31.12.2006
completed	CH	Optimierung des biologischen Gemüsebaus durch Gründüngung und Fruchtfolge	01.01.2003	31.12.2005
completed	CH	Einsatz von Mykorrhizapilzen und Qualitätskomposten bei der Anzucht von Jungpflanzen im ökologischen Gemüse- und Zierpflanzenbau	01.06.2002	31.10.2003
completed	CH	Optimierung von Produktionssystemen im ökologischen Gemüse	01.01.2002	31.12.2006
ongoing	CH AT	Coop – Import of organic fruits and vegetables	01.01.2002
ongoing	CH	Development of a range of organic vegetables and ornamentals with heirloom varieties	01.01.2002
completed	CH	Physikalische Barrieren (Insektenzäune) zur Regulierung von Schädlingen	01.01.2001	31.12.2005
completed	CH	Angebotssteigerung von ökologisch erzeugtem Obst und Gemüse aus dem Oberrheingebiet (Itada)	01.01.1999	31.12.2001
completed	CH	Novel technologies for integrated control of slug damage in key horticulture crops	16.02.1998	15.02.2001
completed	CH	Regulierung von Schadschnecken im Erwerbsgemüsebau	01.02.1998	31.08.2001
ongoing	CH	Gemüse-, Beeren- und Kernobstsortenlisten (jährliche Aktualisierung der empfohlenen Sorten, in Zusammenarbeit mit Produzenten und Handel)

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