Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Switzerland

The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL, www.fibl.org) is one of the world’s leading organic farming research and technology transfer centres dedicated to sustainable agriculture. It focusses on applied agronomic, socio-economic and veterinary research and the dissemination of scientific results.

Legally, FiBL is a private organisation. It is funded by the Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture as well as by many project-related funds of public and private organisations and companies. FiBL is and was a partner in more than 40 projects under the European Union's Research  Framework Programmes. FiBL's Department of Soil Science is conducting four long-term trials: The DOK trial and three trials with reduced tillage.

The Department of Extension, training and Communciation is in charge of the project dissemination.

Scientists involved

• Dr. Andreas Fliessbach (soil microbiology)
• Dr. Paul Mäder (system comparison)
• Dr. Helga Willer (communication)

Links

• FiBL.org: Soil Sciences