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Robert Finger @robertfinger.bsky.social · 37m

‚Dank mehr Biodiversität: Voller Ertrag bei einem Drittel weniger Reben‘.

Spannendes Porträt des Weinguts Lenz in der BauernZeitung (paywall)

www.bauernzeitung.ch/artikel/pfla...

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World Food System Center, ETH Zurich @ethzwfsc.bsky.social · 2d

📢 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗽 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿!

Our new newsletter is out with a packed agenda of events, funding opportunities, and fresh research insights in #food and #agriculture.

Read it here: bit.ly/47no6N5

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 15h

caaaaaaan I interest you in Denmark’s groundbreaking national agriculture, nature, and climate policy, agreed to in 2024, with a Ministry of Green Transition established to implement it?

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Ian Godwin @thegodwinexx.bsky.social · 18h

Changes in Swiss pasture species diversity for over a century 🧪
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Century-old papers saved from the bin reveal changes in Europe’s plant life

Plant inventories dating back to 1884 and nearly thrown away enable unique time-lapse study of biodiversity in Swiss meadows

www.theguardian.com

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Marcello Graziano 🇺🇦 @marcellograz.bsky.social · 17h

Climate change at work: after Mangoes, bananas coming tk Sicily and Calabria. @andreamatranga.bsky.social

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David Wuepper @davidwuepper.bsky.social · 1d

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Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 1d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich 🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 1d

We are thrilled to welcome Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee as the new Lemann Foundation Professors to our department, beginning in the summer of 2026.

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Agroscope @agroscope.bsky.social · 2d

Mesures volontaires de protection du #climat : les initiatives privées, telles que le commerce de certificats CO₂, peuvent compléter les mesures publiques visant à réduire les émissions de #gaz à effet de serre. Agroscope et l’EPFZ ont examiné les facteurs qui influencent leur efficacité.
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Efficacité des mesures volontaires de protection du climat - Agrarforschung Schweiz

Les initiatives privées, telles que le commerce de certificats CO₂, peuvent compléter les mesures publiques visant à réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre. Agroscope et l’EPFZ ont examiné les ...

www.agrarforschungschweiz.ch

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Agroscope @agroscope.bsky.social · 2d

Private Initiativen, wie der Handel mit CO₂-Zertifikaten, können öffentliche Massnahmen zur Reduzierung der Treibhausgasemissionen ergänzen. Agroscope und die ETH untersuchten, welche Faktoren die Wirksamkeit solcher Initiativen beeinflussen.
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Wie freiwillige Klimaschutzmassnahmen erfolgreich sein können - Agrarforschung Schweiz

Private Initiativen, wie der Handel mit CO₂-Zertifikaten, können öffentliche Massnahmen zur Reduzierung der Treibhausgasemissionen ergänzen. Agroscope und die ETH untersuchten, welche Faktoren die Wir...

www.agrarforschungschweiz.ch

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Agroscope @agroscope.bsky.social · 2d

How Voluntary #Climate Protection Measures Can Be Successful 🌍
Private initiatives such as #carbon credit trading can support public policies aimed at reducing #GreenhouseGas emissions. Agroscope and @ethz.ch examined factors which influence the effectiveness of such initiatives.
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How Voluntary Climate Protection Measures Can Be Successful - Agrarforschung Schweiz

Private initiatives such as carbon credit trading can support public policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Agroscope and ETH Zürich examined factors which influence the effectiveness of...

www.agrarforschungschweiz.ch

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Robert Finger @robertfinger.bsky.social · 4d

Nachhaltiger Pflanzenschutz und die Rolle der digitalen Landwirtschaft

Neuer Agrarpolitik Blog
agrarpolitik-blog.com/2025/10/07/n...

Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...

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Robert Finger @robertfinger.bsky.social · 5d

Sustainable crop protection and the role of digital agriculture

New paper in Agricultural Systems

Open Access www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Robert Finger @robertfinger.bsky.social · 5d

The paper is a summary of my invited keynote at the Landscape 2024 Conference at @zalf.bsky.social. Please find the recording of the keynote here (starting at minute 60) www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMiW...

LANDSCAPE 2024 Conference – Day 2 – Keynotes

YouTube video by Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e.V.

www.youtube.com

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Robert Finger @robertfinger.bsky.social · 5d

Sustainable crop protection and the role of digital agriculture

New paper in Agricultural Systems

Open Access www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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World Food System Center, ETH Zurich @ethzwfsc.bsky.social · 9d

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗼-𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆? 🚀

Don't miss the Agro-Food Job Dating 2025 event on October 16th at Technopark Zurich, organized by SVIAL ASIAT!

Register here: eventfrog.ch/en/p/fairs/f...

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Robert Finger @robertfinger.bsky.social · 6d

Alpabzug: Swiss cattle returning from their summer pastures in the mountains.

Around 280,000 Swiss cattle spend summers on high-altitude grazing sites, and their return in fall is celebrated.

Pictured: this weekend's Alpabzug/scarico alpeggi in the Valle Verzasca in Ticino.

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Robert Finger @robertfinger.bsky.social · 6d

This is one part of the program. Full picture, for example here www.afapi-fipo.ch/de/tierhaltu...

RAUS

Association Fribourgeoise des Agriculteurs pratiquant une agriculture respectueuse de l’environnement et des animaux.

www.afapi-fipo.ch

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Robert Finger @robertfinger.bsky.social · 6d

? Totally wrong path… www.kontrolldienstkut.ch/de/Bundespro...

Kontrolldienst KUT

https://www.kontrolldienstkut.ch/de/Bundesprogramme/RAUS-–-regelmässiger-Auslauf

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Robert Finger @robertfinger.bsky.social · 6d

Animal production is not free of downsides anywhere. Note: In Switzerland, animal welfare programs are widely used. For example, more than 30,000 farms (i.e., covering vast majority of cattle) comply with the RAUS program, requires frequent outdoor exercise.
www.agrarbericht.ch/de/politik/d...

Agrarbericht 2024 – Produktionssystembeiträge

Produktionssystembeiträge.

www.agrarbericht.ch

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Robert Finger @robertfinger.bsky.social · 6d

Alpabzug: Swiss cattle returning from their summer pastures in the mountains.

Around 280,000 Swiss cattle spend summers on high-altitude grazing sites, and their return in fall is celebrated.

Pictured: this weekend's Alpabzug/scarico alpeggi in the Valle Verzasca in Ticino.

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 7d

Food must be taken seriously as an environmental problem.

It uses ~38% of Earth’s land, drives ~70% of water use, and emits ~22-34% of greenhouse gas pollution globally.

And beef and dairy alone drive a huge proportion of this.

But there are solutions. Lots of them.

go.ted.com/jonathanfoley24

The problem with food and climate — and how to fix it

Global food production — from meat to grains — accounts for a third of all greenhouse gas emissions, says sustainability scientist Jonathan Foley. He presents a portfolio of data-backed solutions to b...

go.ted.com

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Robert Finger @robertfinger.bsky.social · 7d

Join us on 20 October in Zurich for a panel discussion entitled 'Who Gets to Eat? Navigating Trade-offs in Sustainable Food Systems', co-organised by the World Food System Centre

Part of UN-ETH Forum "Science and Policy in Turbulent Times"

Details & registration un-eth.ethz.ch/un-eth-forum...

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Robert Finger @robertfinger.bsky.social · 8d

Deadline for Abstracts 15.10.2025.

54th Annual conference Swiss Society for Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Sociology (SGA) May 07-08, 2026 at BFH in Zollikofen on “Economic and social resilience in the agricultural and food sector”

Further details www.sse-sga.ch/en/sse-sga/m...

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ETH Zurich @ethz.ch · 7d

20-21 October, ETH scientists, policymakers & practitioners from diverse United Nations and other governmental but also non-governmental organizations will discuss about "Science and Policy in Turbulent Times".

Find more info here:
un-eth.ethz.ch/un-eth-forum...

❗Registration until 8 October

UN-ETH Forum

ETH Zurich is organising the UN-ETH Forum

un-eth.ethz.ch

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