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Session Overview
Location: Plenary K4+K5
Date: Thursday, 08/May/2025
9:45am
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10:00am
Begrüssung / Welcome Reception
Location: Plenary K4+K5
Chair: Nadja El Benni, Agroscope
10:00am
-
11:00am
Plenary Session I
Location: Plenary K4+K5
Chair: Nadja El Benni, Agroscope
 

The role of agricultural economics research for policy-making – the developments of Swiss ex-ante models

Gabriele Mack

Agroscope, Schweiz



Ernährungssicherheit durch Nachhaltigkeit von der Produktion bis zum Konsum

Christian Hofer

Direktor Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft / Federal Office for Agriculture, Schweiz

11:15am
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12:30pm
Session 1a: Policy Measures: Production
Location: Plenary K4+K5
Chair: Robert Finger, ETH Zürich
 

TRQ administration methods: Between market protection and distortion

Judith Irek

Agroscope, Switzerland



A systematic review of lessons learned from collective agri-environmental schemes

Robert Huber1, Claudia Bethwell2, Caitriona Carlin3, Viviane Fahrni1, Katrin Karner4, Raja Imran Hussain3, Gesche Kindermann3, Monika Suskevics5, Sandra Uthes2, Martin Schönhart6, Christian Stetter1

1: Agricultural Economics and Policy, Switzerland; 2: ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e. V.; 3: University of Galway; 4: BOKU University; 5: Estonian University of Life Sciences; 6: Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics, Rural and Mountain Research



Assessing the Environmental, Economic, and Social Impacts and Trade-offs of a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Tax in Swiss Agriculture

Marta Tarruella1,2, Gabriele Mack1, Eva Winter1, Robert Huber2, Robert Finger2, Nadja El Benni1

1: Economic Modelling and Policy Analysis Group, Agroscope, Tänikon, 8356 Ettenhausen, Switzerland; 2: Agricultural Economics and Policy Group, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland

1:45pm
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3:00pm
Session 2a: Policy Measures: Consumption
Location: Plenary K4+K5
Chair: Loredana Sorg, Biovision Foundation
 

Funding the Shift: Public Attitudes towards Financial Support for Sustainable Livestock Farming and Animal Welfare in Germany

Moritz Köder1, Marie von Meyer-Höfer2, Sarah Kühl3

1: University of Göttingen, Germany; 2: Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Germany; 3: Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, Germany



Consumer preferences for different types of sustainability levies

Jeanine Ammann, Gabriele Mack, Nadja El Benni, Rita Saleh

Agroscope, Switzerland



Towards a sustainable chocolate supply chain: Aligning Swiss consumer preferences with policy measures

Max Rudolf

Swiss Federal Institut for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Switzerland

3:15pm
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4:40pm
Session 3a: Farmers' Adoption
Location: Plenary K4+K5
Chair: Nadja El Benni, Agroscope
 

The role of social and personal norms in biodiversity conservation: A segmentation of Swiss farmers

Christian Ritzel1, Antonia Kaiser1,2, Yanbing Wang1, Gabriele Mack1

1: Agroscope, Schweiz; 2: Universität Basel, Schweiz



Determinants of farmers’ adoption of climate-friendly practices in Western Europe

Sylvain Quiédeville, Charles Rees, Lorin Ineichen, Christian Grovermann

FIBL, Switzerland



Behavioural factors and opportunity costs determine farmers' adoption of integrated pest management: A systematic review for European agriculture

Sharmin Akter1, Chloe McCallum2, Cordelia Kreft1, Niklas Möhring3, Robert Finger1

1: ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; 2: Queen's University Belfast; 3: University of Bonn, Germany



Landscape outcomes of collective agri-environmental schemes

Viviane Fahrni, Robert Finger, Robert Huber

Agricultural Economics and Policy Group, ETHZ, Switzerland

4:40pm
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6:15pm
Agroscope Tour: Start in Plenary room
Location: Plenary K4+K5
Date: Friday, 09/May/2025
9:45am
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10:45am
Plenary Session II
Location: Plenary K4+K5
Chair: Robert Finger, ETH Zürich
 

Ist Bio effizient?

Laura Spring

Biosuisse, Schweiz



Navigating the Crossroads: Advancing EU Food System Reform Amid Political Turbulence

Jeroen Candel

Wageningen University, -

11:00am
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12:40pm
Session 4a: Location matters
Location: Plenary K4+K5
Chair: Nadja El Benni, Agroscope
 

An LLM analysis of farmers’ struggles and protests in Europe

Christian Stetter1, Andrea Fürholz1, Eva-Marie Meemken2, Finger Robert1

1: Agricultural Economics and Policy Group, ETH Zürich, Switzerland; 2: Food System Economics and Policy Group, ETH Zürich, Switzerland



The effect of soil erosion risk exposure on the plot level adoption of soil conservation schemes in Swiss arable agriculture.

Charles Rees1,2, Christian Grovermann1, Robert Finger2

1: Department of Food System Sciences, FiBL, Switzerland; 2: Agricultural Economics and Policy Group, ETH Zürich, Switzerland



Which areas in Switzerland are suitable for arable farming? A spatial approach to assessing site-potential

Amelie Kreuzer, Sonja Kay

Agroscope, Switzerland



Location matters: A Geospatial Analysis of Fungus Resistant Grapes in Switzerland

Lucca Zachmann1, Lionel Christen2, Robert Finger1

1: ETH Zurich, Schweiz; 2: Agroscope, Schweiz

1:45pm
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2:30pm
Session 5a: Case studies: Social Capital & Testing of an Advisory Plattform
Location: Plenary K4+K5
Chair: Loredana Sorg, Biovision Foundation
 

The role of social capital in traditional mountain cheese systems: Two examples from Grisons/Southern Switzerland

Paul Froning, Rike Stotten

Universität Innsbruck, Österreich



Solving Goal Conflicts in Swiss Organic Agriculture: Learning from User Experience Prototype Testing of a Farmer-Centred Advisory Platform

Anke Möhring1, Anna Geiser1, Benjamin Blumenstein1, Patrick Baumann2, Sophie Thanner2, Lukas Baumgart1

1: Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Switzerland, Department of Food System Sciences; 2: Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Switzerland, Department of Extension, Training & Communication

2:30pm
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3:30pm
SGA-Award Session
Location: Plenary K4+K5
Chair: Robert Finger, ETH Zürich
3:30pm
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3:45pm
Awards and closing remarks
Location: Plenary K4+K5
Chair: Nadja El Benni, Agroscope

 
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