Project info: Farming Systems Comparison in the Tropics

  • Project title: Farming Systems Comparison in the Tropics
  • Start: 2007
  • Project sites: Kenya, India, Bolivia
  • Implemented by: Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Switzerland
  • Main partners: Institute of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe). bioRe India Association, Ecotop S.R.L, Institute of Ecology, University San Andres, Fundación PIAF-El Ceibo
  • Funded by: Biovision Foundation, Coop Sustainability Fund, Liechtenstein Development Service, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
  • Contact: Dr. Dionys Forster, FiBL Switzerland

Farming Systems Comparison in the Tropics


The project "Farming Systems Comparison in the Tropics", implemented by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), aims to establish a scientific basis for discussions on the performance and potential of conventional and organic agricultural production systems in the tropics. It has been running since 2007. In three tropical countries – Kenya, India and Bolivia – long-term farming systems comparison field trials have been established in concert with participatory on-farm research on technology development, focussing on a different cropping system in each country.