Transformation in Pesticide Governance
The Transformation
To simultaneously achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda in areas such as Biodiversity Conservation, Food Production and Consumption, a fundamental transformation in land use and agricultural production seems indispensable.
Different interests, needs, and priorities render this task a real challenge. So the general question arises: How can we achieve successful sustainable transformation in areas of societal, economic, and environmental trade-offs?
To answer this question the TRAPEGO project focuses on pesticide use in agriculture in Switzerland; a cross-cutting theme where interests related to agricultural production are challenged by human and environmental health concerns.
News
Lucca Zachmann was the first doctoral student in the Trapego project to successfully defend his dissertation! Congratulations!
The TRAPEGO webinar series will be continued in spring 2024. The exact dates and topics will be published on this website.
Our research on barriers to evidence use for sustainable pesticide policy and practice is now featured on the European Commission platform for evidence-based policymaking: https://knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/blog/barriers-evidence-use-sustainability-pesticide-case_en
Agricultural Economics & Policy Blog (German)
Agrarökonomische Kommentare zur Schweizerischen Agrarpolitik
- Keine Anzeichen für einen Stadt-Land-Graben bei der Priorisierung agrarpolitischer Ziele 30/01/2025Nadja El Benni, Robert Finger, Judith Irek, Gabi Mack, Jeanine Ammann* In einer neuen Studie (El Benni et al. 2025) zeigen wir, dass keine Kluft zwischen Stadt und Land bei der Priorisierung agrarpolitischer Ziele besteht. Die Schweizer Bevölkerung, von sehr ländlich bis sehr städtisch, stellt wirtschaftliche Ziele vor Umweltziele. Eine Kluft in den politischen Einstellungen […]

TRAPEGO project meeting, summer 2022