Bad news for Swiss farmers is good for consumers who pay the highest food prices in Europe. A system of tariffs designed to protect Switzerland‘s agriculture industry effectively shuts out imports if ...

The country’s dairy farmers produced a bumper harvest of milk, but higher U.S. duties have forced them to consider ways to cut back, including slaughtering cows. After feeding in the Alps all summer, ...

Having more women in agriculture is associated with greater community well-being, according to researchers. Their work suggests that women farmers approach their operations in ways that positively ...

Charlotte E. Blattner is an associate professor at the Centre of Public Law, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and head of the research group on climate law at the Oeschger Centre for Climate ...

A lot of research has been done to understand the role of women in agriculture. It’s now fairly well established that the empowerment of rural women is the key to agricultural development, adequate ...

ZURICH, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Swiss farmers drove their tractors to Geneva on Saturday to protest against rising costs and low prices for their produce, joining a movement that has spread across Europe.