Resilient cropping systems & functional agro-biodiversity

Summary

At FiBL, we are committed to develop and promote sustainable agricultural production systems in Switzerland and beyond. Our goal is to contribute to a better understanding and improvement of the sustainability of production systems by ensuring productivity and quality of organic and low input crop production systems. At the Entomology & Biodiversity group, we do this by developing and implementing innovative pest management tools and strategies, by integrating functional agro-biodiversity in organic cropping systems and by monitoring and bosting biodiversity. In particular, we seek to improve the resilience of production systems and promote the conservation of (agro)biodiversity. In this talk, I will introduce you to FiBL and tell you how rewarding is to use my experience in chemical and behavioural ecology to continue shaping the future of organic agriculture. Then, I will walk you through some of the projects we are currently working on, including a push-pull disruption system we are developing to control a dipteran which causes majors losses in broccoli production, and a project where we investigate the effects of managed bees on wild bees’ populations across Switzerland.