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
- Lead school Business School
- Institute(s) Institute for Sustainable Business
- Research unit(s) Circular Economy
- Funding organisation SNSF
- Duration 01.09.2016 - 31.01.2019
- Project management Prof. Dr. Marie Peskova
- Head of project Prof. Dr. Marie Peskova
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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".
