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)

RSS Agrarökonomische Kommentare zur Schweizerischen Agrarpolitik
  • Pilzwiderstandsfähige Rebsorten: Werden sie dort angebaut, wo sie Mensch und Umwelt am meisten nützen? 19/06/2025
    Lucca Zachmann, Lionel Christen, Robert Finger* Der Pflanzenschutz ist ein zentraler Bestandteil der landwirtschaftlichen Produktion. Er sichert die Nahrungsmittelversorgung und trägt zur wirtschaftlichen Stabilität des Agrarsektors bei (Tudi et al. 2021). Derzeit ist der Einsatz von Pflanzenschutzmittel das dominierende Mittel zur Bekämpfung von Schädlingen. Doch Pflanzenschutzmittel stehen in der Kritik – sie belasten die Umwelt […]

TRAPEGO project meeting, summer 2022