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
- Die Verwendung von Anbaudiversifizierung in Ertragsversicherungen 08/07/2025Jonas Schmitt, Frank Offermann & Robert Finger* Im Ackerbau gibt es ein breites Spektrum an Ertragsrisiken. Dazu gehören beispielsweise extreme Wetterereignisse, Schädlinge und Pflanzenkrankheiten (vgl. Oerke, 2006; Lesk et al., 2016; Beillouin et al., 2020; Chaloner et al., 2021; Schmitt et al., 2022). Um diese Produktionsrisiken zu verringern, können Landwirte inner- und außerbetriebliche Strategien des […]

TRAPEGO project meeting, summer 2022