NOVANIMAL

A research project of the Swiss National Science Foundation in NRP69 "Healthy Food and Sustainable Food Production". Project participants: Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH, Agroscope, CCRS UZH, FHNW, FiBL, UZH EPBI, ZHAW.

Factsheet

  • Schools involved Business School
  • Institute(s) Institute for Sustainable Business
  • Research unit(s) Circular Economy
  • Funding organisation SNSF
  • Duration 01.09.2016 - 31.01.2019
  • Head of project Prof. Dr. Marie Peskova
  • Project staff Lize Duminy
    Prof. Dr. Ines Heer
    Prof. Dr. Marie Peskova
  • Partner FiBL - Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau
    Schweizerischer Nationalfonds SNF
    CCRS, Uni ZH
    EBPI, Uni ZH
    Agroscope
    ZHAW
    Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
    FiBL Schweiz / Suisse

Situation

The project is looking for innovations to reduce undesirable consequences of production & consumption of animal food. Strategies/recommendations for a healthy & sustainable food culture and for more food diversity will be developed.

Course of action

People are eating more and more meat and dairy products. Nutrition-related environmental pollution and health risks are increasing. The project looks for innovations along the value chains to reduce undesirable consequences of production and consumption of animal food. BFH is working on the work package "Simulation model and scenario analyses" with the objectives "Construction of a system-dynamic model" and "Simulations for the defined scenarios".