Crop Industry News: Switzerland
02 November 2020
A new approach to improve biological control agents of agricultural pestsIn a new study, researchers from the University of Bern developed an experimental approach that may be used to improve a wide range of organisms that rely on microbial symbionts to control insect...
09 October 2020
How does an increase in nitrogen application affect grasslands?The "PaNDiv" experiment, established by researchers of the University of Bern on a 3000 m2 field site, is the largest biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiment in Switzerland and aims to...
09 April 2015
Swiss Must Knock Down Trade Barriers, Says ReportSWITZERLAND – Half of Swiss farm receipts come from farm support measures and major trade barrier reductions should be rolled out to address this....
14 November 2013
Bio Control Made Easier With Online ManualSWITZERLAND - A biocontrol and pest management arsenal has been launched as part of an online resource in Basel this week. ...
22 April 2013
Billions in Support, but Biofuel Benefits 'Are Small'SWITZERLAND - European taxpayers and consumers spent between 9.3 and 10.7 billion euros subsidising biofuels in 2011 with relatively small gains for the environment and the economy, according...
15 March 2013
Indirect Side-effects of Cultivation of GM PlantsSWITZERLAND - Genetically modified (GM) cotton plants contain a poison that protects them from their most significant enemies. As a result, these plants rely less on their own defence system....
04 March 2013
Fighting GM Crop Vandalism with Government-protected Research SiteSWITZERLAND - A Swiss government-protected field site dedicated for use in genetically modified (GM) crop studies could serve as an example to other European countries interested in pursuing...
12 November 2012
DuPont Pioneer Forage Inoculant Patent UpheldSWITZERLAND - DuPont Pioneer recently prevailed in a major European patent challenge to its bacterial strain used in the Pioneer® brand inoculants portfolio. The decision in favor of Pioneer...
06 October 2011
Swiss Non-GM Soybeans Ready for Market SWITZERLAND - Switzerland's fight to maintain non-genetically modified (GM) crops in the face of a larger pool of world GM seeds has been given a boost by researchers at the ACW (Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil)...
26 September 2011
Call for Changes to Feed the WorldSWITZERLAND - What research is needed to eradicate hunger? Is Switzerland on the right track? These questions were the focus of a public event organised by SWISSAID and the Centre for Development...
20 April 2011
Syngenta 1st Quarter 2011 Sales Exceed $4 Billion SWITZERLAND - Sales in the first quarter of 2011 increased by 13 per cent at constant exchange rates. Volume expanded by 14 per cent, representing the fourth consecutive quarter of double digit...
03 December 2010
USGC Team Promotes Sorghum, DDGS at Conference SWITZERLAND - The US Grains Council built on its long-standing presence at the Global Grains Conference to promote US sorghum and distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) to almost 900...
11 June 2010
Rice-Boosting Fungus DiscoveredSWITZERLAND – Researchers at a Swiss university have discovered a microscopic fungus that may be able to speed up the growth of rice by five times, a French news agency has reported....
12 August 2009
Country's Biggest Wind Farm Keeps GrowingSWITZERLAND - Work has begun to expand Switzerland's biggest wind farm and quadruple the amount of power generated....
17 June 2009
Developing Largest Swiss Wind FarmSWITZERLAND - Romande Energie, acting through its subsidiary Romande Energie Renouvelable, and ewz, the electricity utility in Zurich, have formed a consortium to launch a wind-farm project in...
08 May 2009
First Ethanol Plant for SwitzerlandSWITZERLAND - Switzerland is planning the country's first sugar cane ethanol plant....
08 April 2009
Gate Global Sold to DreyfusSWITZERLAND - GATE Global Alternative Energy International, part of Swiss private equity holding Fortune Management Inc has sold its biodiesel operation GATE Global Alternative Energy Holding...
26 September 2008
Award for Syngenta's Tropical Sugar BeetINDIA - Syngenta has received the 2008 World Business and Development Award (WBDA) for the development and successful introduction of a new sugar beet that can be grown under tropical climate...
10 September 2008
Sustainability: the Urban ImperativeSWITZERLAND - The battle for sustainability must be won in the cities, suburbs and slums as much as in the forests, lakes and seas, WWF Director General James Leape will tell a key "One Planet...
24 July 2008
Brazil Brings Biofuels into WTO TalksSWITZERLAND - Brazil has called for better market access for exports of ethanol to the United States and Europe as part of global trade talks....
24 April 2008
Should Bioenergy be Subsidized?SWITZERLAND - Heated debate on bioenergy: Can it really cover our energy needs? Is it really so ecological? Are the farmers using it to guarantee more governmental support? What does the WTO...
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