Federal Councillor Martin Pfister, Head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS), visited ETH Zurich on Thursday. He met Rector Günther Dissertori and Effy Vayena, Vice President for Knowledge Transfer, to discuss cooperation between the DDPS and ETH Zurich.
Wow, Congrats!
Great to join the kickoff meeting yesterday — looking forward to the collaboration on greenhouse gas reduction pathways in agri-food systems within the ACHIEVE project ☀️
Six new #Professors are joining ETH Zurich, while six current #FacultyMembers have been promoted. Their fields range from particle physics and quantum physics to health economics, nanomaterials, computer science, environmental biochemistry, global security and urban policy.
Today we had a great kickoff meeting for our work package on 'Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Strategies in Agri-Food Systems'
Part of the ACHIEVE project, ‘Pathways to ACHIEVE Net-Zero Target for Hard-to-Abate Swiss Emissions’ www.empa.ch/web/s604/ach...
Ein halbes Jahr ist Annette Oxenius nun Vizepräsidentin für #Forschung und voll in der hohen Entscheidungskadenz ihrer Rolle angekommen. Im Interview spricht sie über Chancen und Risiken der ETH-Forschung, die Initiative für eine 10‑Millionen‑Schweiz, neue ETH-Zentren, Tierversuche und Integrität.
Six months into her role as Vice President for #Research, Annette Oxenius is now fully at home with the fast-paced decision-making inherent to her position. She discusses ETH research risks and opportunities, the 10-million initiative, new centres, animal testing and integrity.
Research at ZALF: measuring gas fluxes in agriculture. Copyright: Jarno Müller / ZALF.
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Thrilled to see Mutian Niu appointed to the @fao.org Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP)Technical Advisory Group! A recognition of the impactful climate–livestock research from our @ethz.ch #AnimalNutrition team!
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New policy brief by Eva-Marie Meemken & team: how to promote decent work for informal food workers in Ghana 🇬🇭
Three priority areas for policymakers 👇
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Today, Chiara Boeri from Wageningen University joined our AECP group at ETH Zurich as a visiting scientist for the coming 3 months.
Chiara is working with us, among others, on economics and adoption stages of strip cropping systems.
We are very happy to have you on board!🥳
What an amazing and inspiring day yesterday celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Agricultural Economics and Policy Group at ETH Zurich with current and former group members and friends of the group 🤩
Thanks to everyone who contributed!
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‚Agrarzölle nach Trumps Vorbild‘
Artikel im Tagesanzeiger
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Im Artikel zitierter Bericht des Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft
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Die Jahre 2023-2025 waren auch in Anbetracht des Wetters und des Klimawandels ungewöhnlich heiss. In der ersten Abbildung mit den historischen Messwerten sieht man das gut. 2024 war im Schnitt 1.52°C wärmer als zur Vorindustrialisierung, klimatologisch hätte man +1.37°C erwartet.
🌱Today the Call for Abstracts for the International Grassland Congress (IGC) 2027 opens!
Theme: “100 Years of Grassland Research – Pathways to the Future”
📅 13–18 June 2027 | Leipzig
⏰ Deadline: 2 October 2026
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15 Berufe, viele Wege: Die ETH Zürich bildet in 15 verschiedenen Berufen aus. Damit Jugendliche die richtige Wahl treffen, setzt sie auf unkomplizierte Schnupperangebote und hilft so, passende berufliche Perspektiven zu entdecken.
Converging Per Capita Wine Consumption in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, 1880-2023. More in Trink Magazine:
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Great visit to the Slow Food Market Zürich
With excellent opportunities to explore a wide variety of great traditional and new food products, and to interact with food producers.
www.slowfoodmarkt-zuerich.ch?lang=en
Thank you Valentin!
What an amazing and inspiring day yesterday celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Agricultural Economics and Policy Group at ETH Zurich with current and former group members and friends of the group 🤩
Thanks to everyone who contributed!
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Today, we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Agricultural Economics and Policy Group at ETH Zurich.
Over 70 current and former group members and friends of the group are joining us
We look forward to an exciting program featuring great speakers and panellists from academia and industry🥳
Les parcs naturels régionaux, moteurs des mesures en faveur de la biodiversité
Nouvel article de blog, Lead: Yanbing Wang
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Etude dans le Journal of Agricultural Economics
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‚Regionale Naturpärke in der Schweiz: gut für biodiversitätsfördernde Direktzahlungsprogramme‘
Neuer Policy Brief in der Agrarforschung Schweiz, Lead Yanbing Wang
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Paper im Journal of Agricultural Economics
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Multiple bar charts comparing milks across a number of environmental metrics: land use, greenhouse gas emissions, water use, and eutrophication (the pollution of ecosystems with excess nutrients). These are compared per liter of milk. Cow’s milk has significantly higher impacts than the plant-based alternatives across all metrics. It causes around three times as much greenhouse gas emissions; uses around ten times as much land; two to twenty times as much freshwater; and creates much higher levels of eutrophication. The data source is based on a meta-analysis (by Joseph Poore and Thomas Nemecek, 2018) of food system impact studies across the supply chain, which includes land use change, on-farm production, processing, transport, and packaging. The chart is licensed CC BY to Our World in Data
A growing number of people are interested in switching to plant-based alternatives to dairy. But are they better for the environment, and which is best?
“Ecosystems are very delicate webs of interactions, and if there is one element out of sync, especially with the plants, which are the basis of the ecosystem, things can fall apart at every level of the ecosystem”
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ETH Zurich registered the foundation of more #NewCompanies than ever before in 2025. For the first time, founders could choose between setting up a #SpinOff or a #StartUp, the latter of which could benefit from a new business accelerator.
Join IPCC authors & Switzerland's IPCC Representative today to learn about how global climate science informs policy.
Registration essential, please see details in the link here:
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Now online: 28,000 historical #photos from WSL & SLF's archives. Various collections show #research, #technology, and everyday life since 1902. The digitalised glass plates, slides and film negatives are available on ETH Zurich's E-Pics image platform. More: www.wsl.ch/en/news/hist... @ethz.ch
‚Regionale Naturpärke in der Schweiz: gut für biodiversitätsfördernde Direktzahlungsprogramme‘
Neuer Policy Brief in der Agrarforschung Schweiz, Lead Yanbing Wang
www.agrarforschungschweiz.ch/2026/02/regi...
Paper im Journal of Agricultural Economics
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
'Von Smart Farming zu Wise Agricultural Systems: Ansätze für eine systemorientierte nachhaltige digitale Transformation in der Landwirtschaft'
Neuer Agrarpolitik Blog mit Carlos Parra-López und weiteren
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Paper in Agricultural Systems: doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
