Projects at the Geography of Food Research Group
In our applied research projects, we research and develop possible solutions for more sustainable food systems - from the field to the table.
List of projects Geography in Food
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Eco Missions
Escape Rooms and Outdoor Missions are booming: Electronic scavenger hunts, foxtrails, geocaching, or mobile phone trails are a popular leisure activity among young families or young people. Our new "Eco Missions" offer is designed to do justice to these new leisure activities. In an eco mission, the…
completed, 09/2018 - 12/2021
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Regionalised Agricultural Life Cycle Assessment
The start-up financed project is a research cooperation of the research groups Life Cycle Assessment, Geography of Food and Geoinformatics for the development of a competence focus "Regionalised Agricultural LCA". The feasibility of a regionalised life cycle assessment will be examined with regard…
completed, 06/2018 - 01/2019
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ZHAW Agri-food Database
Life Cycle Inventories for agricultural and food products
completed, 11/2013 - 12/2019
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Foodscape.ch – A serious game on the Swiss food system as a teaching unit
Agricultural production, consumption, trade of food, etc -- the Swiss food system is as complex as it is central to our daily lives. Our food supply has a greater impact on the environment, economy and society than almost any other area of life. And yet we are not very familiar with the structures…
completed, 08/2018 - 04/2021
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Eco-confession-chair
An innovative Scientainment-concept for the playful sensibilisation of environmental awareness and imparting of action competences for environmentally friendly behaviour.
completed, 01/2015 - 12/2016
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Developing a farmers’ happiness index with smallholder coffee and tea farmers in Sri Lanka and India
Farmers are often exposed to higher economic as well as physical and mental health risks affecting their overall wellbeing. Together with coffee and tea farmers of India and Sri Lanka, we will develop a farmers' happiness index to measure farmers’ well-being and its influencing factors.
ongoing, 06/2024 - 12/2025
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Sustainable and healthy diets: Trade-offs and synergies
Effects of diet on health, environment, agriculture
completed, 07/2016 - 03/2019
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MyFoodChoice: Personal values for sustainable consumption
Consumption decisions are personal and based on one's own preferences, possibilities and values. Everyone has his or her own consumer ethical values and ideas according to which he or she wishes to act. But are they being implemented?A large proportion of Swiss people state that they also pay…
completed, 10/2018 - 06/2019
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WWF Standards Evaluations
Analysis of the potential integration of environmental impact measurements into the evaluation of food standards
completed, 01/2020 - 09/2020
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Geography of Food Summer School & E-learning Course
Designing Food Value Chains to foster the UN Sustainable Development Goals
completed, 05/2014 - 12/2019
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Food strategies for all: participation and transformation in smaller cities
Food strategies are processes to promote sustainable development locally. But how can they also be implemented in smaller communities?
ongoing, 04/2023 - 08/2026
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Pearls of Sustainability
A treasure hunt to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) at Campus Grüental
completed, 04/2017 - 12/2017
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CONSUS - A GIS tool for agricultural planning
The Institute for Environment and Natural Resources (IUNR) has developed a tool for the efficiently and strategically planning of production and procurement in the agricultural market. It assesses the suitability of sites worldwide for specific agricultural products on the basis of geographic…
completed, 07/2014 - 12/2021
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The potential for ecologically sustainable agricultural production and ethologically responsible animal husbandry in Switzerland
Food is responsible for a large proportion of global consumption of natural resources and for many environmental impacts. The focus is on animal foods in particular. The high and growing consumption of meat and milk is a global challenge. Switzerland must also participate in the search for ways of…
completed, 10/2017 - 11/2018
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Opening up the market as a way to a sustainable Swiss agriculture and food industry - opportunities, challenges and solutions
Swiss food industry and agriculture have developed under the conditions of enhanced protection against competition and direct support for agricultural production. Over the past 20 years, agricultural policy instruments have been restructured, but this should not obscure the fact that agriculture is…
completed, 04/2014 - 03/2015
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Agriculture and agricultural policy between security of supply and ecological sustainability: convictions, interests and arguments
This study is based on the observation that discussions about agriculture and the "right" agricultural policy in Switzerland are highly polarised. Different economic and political interests alone are not enough to understand the intensity of an often emotional debate. There are several…
completed, 04/2014 - 11/2014
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Local Food Challenge - Shaping the future of local food together (LocalFoodChallenge)
In the Local Food Challenge, students from ZHAW and food technologists from Strickhof collaborate to develop innovative, market-ready food products from local raw materials. Through transdisciplinary teamwork and hands-on project management, they create sustainable solutions for underutilized…
ongoing, 11/2023 - 01/2026
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CirculAr, let's go! (ZirkuLAr)
Fostering circular economy principles in agriculture. Developing and publishing a haptic serious game with teaching material on the topic of the circular economy at farm and regional level.
ongoing, 11/2023 - 01/2026
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Indian Coffee in Switzerland by improved quality, labeling and positioning for the socio economic betterment of coffe
Coorg district in Southern India in the Western Ghats is known for its exceptional biodiversity and unique agroforestry farming systems maintained by smallholder coffee farmers. Due to the rapid transformation of the market and the increase in production costs, the environmental friendly farming…
completed, 04/2013 - 03/2015
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TRANSFOOD – IMPROVING SUSTAINABILITY IMPACTS OF TRANSNATIONAL FOOD VALUE CHAINS
Globalisation of the food trade leads to various impacts on the economy, the environment, and society. Emerging economies that have expanded their agricultural trade and have become net agricultural exporters are particularly affected. The proposed research collaboration aims at combining…
completed, 12/2017 - 12/2018