Grundlage für die Düngung landwirtschaftlicher Kulturen in der Schweiz – Principles of Agricultural Crop Fertilisation in Switzerland (PRIF)

A new fertilization guideline (PRIF) that replaces the old guideline of 2003 was published in June 2017. The date of entry into force is, however, not yet fixed. It represents state-of-the-art research into fertilisation and the development of production techniques. They are an indispensable decision making tool for agricultural advisers and farmers regarding the fertilisation of agricultural crops, and a reference database for Swiss federal government and cantonal enforcement tools, such as Suisse-Bilanz.
The new guideline includes all agricultural crops using a modular approach. Thereby, a chapter for fruit production is included in the new guideline. In this chapter there are sections covering the topic of how to take soil samples, interpret them and how to calculate fertilization amounts out of this information. This chapter also includes a section covering deficiency symptoms.

Links

Principles of Agricultural Crop Fertilisation in Switzerland (PRIF)

Details

Activity type

Publication of technical bulletin/guideline

Activity work package

Secure sustainable fruit production

Activity number

Agroscope-WP5-A9

Activity contact

Thomas Kuster

Agroscope
Schloss 1
Postfach
8820 Wädenswil
Switzerland

Phone +41 58 460 62 43
[email protected]

Activity partner

AGROSCOPE

Activity country

Switzerland

Last edit

21-07-2017