Switzerland has drawn up a strategy to better cultivate vegetables, pulses and fruit in the face of new pressures. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This is due to various increasing difficulties such as the withdrawal of authorisations of pesticide active ingredients, the lack of alternative control methods and the appearance of new harmful organisms. In this context, the federal government has drawn up a strategy to improve the situation, which should be fully implemented from 2030. + How Switzerland plans to wean agriculture off chemicals The Strategy for Sustainable Crop Protection was presented by the Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG). Federal officials are aiming for increasing sustainability in the Swiss primary sector, with the aim in particular of reducing the risks associated with the use of pesticides. + Switzerland's food regulations for 2026 In approving an interim report on May 8, 2024, the Federal Council, confirmed that "the situation ...
