Project number: 18.00.19.07.04

Farm Climate Protection and Resource Efficiency

Measures for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions on farms are developed, and evaluated in terms of their reduction potential by means of life-cycle assessment methodologies and sustainability assessments. The measures are tested on 30 commercial farms. In addition, measures for the efficient use of limited resources such as energy, water, phosphorus, potassium and soils are devised and evaluated.

The prerequisites for a future production system that prioritises climate- and resource-friendly agriculture are determined. In cooperation with extension, we provide scientific findings to agricultural practice.

Gaillard G., Bystricky M., Gilgen A., Nemecek T.
Ökologische und ökonomische Bewertung von Klimaschutzmassnahmen in der Landwirtschaft.
In: Klimaschutz mit Land- und Forstwirtschaft. 14.10., DAF. 2021, 1-27.

Bystricky M.
Erweiterung des IP-SUISSE-Labels um die Dimension Klimaschutz.
In: Agrarökonomie-Tagung. 05.10., Tänikon. 2021, 1-18.

Bystricky M.
Point system climate protection for Swiss farms.
IDF Dairy Sustainability Outlook, 4, 2021, 38-39.

Furrer C., Stüssi M., Bystricky M.
Umweltbewertung ausgewählter Klimaschutzmassnahmen auf Landwirtschaftsbetrieben.
Agroscope Science, 121, 2021.

Grassauer F., Herndl M., Nemecek T., Guggenberger T., Fritz C., Steinwidder A., Zollitsch W.
Eco-efficiency of farms considering multiple functions of agriculture: Concept and results from Austrian farms.
Journal of Cleaner Production, 297, (15 May), 2021, 1-14.

Ineichen S., Zumwald J., Nemecek T., Reidy B.
How cows compete with human nutrition: Assessing feed-food and land-use competition of Swiss dairy production.
Grassland Science in Europe, 25, 2020, 608-610.

Nemecek T., Zumwald J., Ineichen S., Reidy B.
Reconsidering the land resource for food production: quantifying feed-food competition in dairy systems.
In: 12th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food 2020 (LCA Food 2020). 13-16 October, Publ. DIL, Berlin, DE. 2020, 559-563.

Roesch A., Gilgen A., Nyfeler-Brunner A., Stüssi M.
Approximating greenhouse gas emissions for a farm network using readily available data.
In: XVI European Society for Agronomy Congress. 02.09., Sevilla. 2020, 1-12.

Zumwald J., Nemecek T., Ineichen S., Reidy B.
Indikatoren für die Flächen- und Nahrungsmittelkonkurrenz in der Schweizer Milchproduktion: Entwicklung und Test zweier Methoden.
Agroscope Science, 85, 2019.

Baumgartner D. U., Nyfeler-Brunner A., Hofmann S., Gaillard G.
On-farm level acting in order to mitigate climate change using a point-based system.
In: 11th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food (LCA Food). 17 - 19 October, Bangkok, Thailand. 2018, 131.

Baumgartner D. U., Nyfeler-Brunner A., Zorn A., Hofmann S.
Klimaschutzmassnahmen auf Landwirtschaftsbetrieben: Ökologische und ökonomische Bewertung.
In: Jahrestagung der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Agrarwirtschaft und Agrarsoziologie (SGA). 12. - 13. April, Publ. Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Agrarwirtschaft und Agrarsoziologie (SGA), Gränichen. 2018, 1-3.

Nyfeler-Brunner A., Baumgartner D. U., Gaillard G., Hofmann S.
On farm level acting in order to mitigate climate change with help of a points-based system.
In: 13th European IFSA Symposium. 1-5 July, Chania (GR). 2018, 1-5.

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