‘The Agricultural Policy is Missing its Targets’ Interview The farmers’ protests both at home and abroad show: The current agricultural policy is doomed to failure. 14.02.2024, Patrick Dümmler
Let’s Stop Milking the Cow Twice Swiss agricultural policy favors the agricultural sector at the expense of farmers, consumers and taxpayers 27.10.2023, Patrick Dümmler
Is a Self-Sufficient Switzerland Really All It Seems? Hannah’s Quicktakes on Swiss agriculture 28.02.2023, Hannah Wise
Direct Line to the Capitol There are opportunities for Switzerland under the Biden administration - but Bern must be ready to grab them 26.11.2020, Patrick Dümmler
Cantonal Agricultural Policy Under Scrutiny Analysis Points of Leverage to Make Swiss Farming More Regional 03.07.2020, Patrick Dümmler, Mario Bonato
Security of Supply Rather than Self-Sufficiency Europe’s single market and free trade agreements are the best protection against crises 30.06.2020, Patrick Dümmler
Swiss Agricultural Policy on the Wrong Track Overregulation inhibits entrepreneurial farmers 29.01.2020, Peter Grünenfelder
Swiss Agriculture Continues to Enjoy Growing Economic Privileges Register of Privileges, Update 2020 03.01.2020, Jennifer Anthamatten, Patrick Dümmler
Roadmap to America Switzerland - USA Free Trade Agreement: What we can learn from the first failed attempt 30.10.2019, Patrick Dümmler, Jennifer Anthamatten
Walking on Eggshells in Swiss Agricultural Policy There is no need for state-controlled egg consumption 31.01.2019, Patrick Dümmler
Fair Prices for Swiss Food A 10 point strategy for Switzerland's consumers, taxpayers and agricultural entrepreneurs 25.09.2018, Haig Simonian
The Farmer as an Executive Body Deregulation in Switzerland's agricultural sector could stimulate innovation and nurture farmers' entrepreneurial spirit 31.08.2018, Peter Grünenfelder
Switzerland‘s Farmers’ Lobby on the Defensive Swiss farmers have the most powerful and single biggest lobby in the federal parliament. This explains why they are able to protect their interests (e.g. through tough barriers on foreign food). But this agricultural protectionism can lead to big difficulties amid accelerating trade liberalisation and negotiations with ever stronger regional partnerships. 28.03.2018, Haig Simonian
Immature Consumers and Conservative Farmers Individual discernment is challenged by regulations and initiatives. 12.09.2017, Peter Grünenfelder
Switzerland Must Prepare for the Next Challenges Roger Partridge, Chairman of the New Zealand Initiative think tank, met with Avenir Suisse 30.06.2017, Jakob Schaad
An Endurance Test for Budgetary Policy Part 1: Expand the debt brake, don’t restrain it 20.10.2016, Marco Salvi, Fabian Schnell
“We Should Produce Less, not More” A brown-bag-lunch about the gulf between claims and reality in Swiss agriculture 18.02.2016, Simone Hofer Frei
