The Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG) is the Confederation's competence center for all core issues relating to the agricultural sector. The FOAG promotes multifunctional agriculture.

106 datasets found

  • Viticulture on slopes

    Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG
    Agriculture, forestry, Geography

    In order to take the difficult production and living conditions in agriculture into adequate consideration, slope subsidies have been established for areas eligible for direct...

    Last updated: January 1, 2013

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    • gradient
    • e-geoch
    • vineyard-zone
    • official-geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • subsidy
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Register of designations of origin (PDO) and geographical indications (PGI) - products of plant origin

    Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG
    Agriculture, forestry, Geography

    The register of designations of origin (PDO) and geographical indications (PGI) allows the region names and traditional designations of agricultural products to be protected (with...

    Last updated: December 16, 2009

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    • protected-geographical-indication-pgi
    • protected-designation-of-origin-pdo
    • crop-production
    • plant-resource
    • processed-agricultural-produce
    • land-use
    • area-managementrestrictionregulation-zones-and-reporting-units
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Boundaries of agricultural zones in Switzerland

    Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG
    Agriculture, forestry, Geography

    The official geodatabase of the agricultural zones and regions consists of six agricultural production zones and the summer pasture region and forms the agricultural production...

    Last updated: December 14, 2018

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    • official-geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • land-use
    • area-managementrestrictionregulation-zones-and-reporting-units
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Water connection map, probability of connection

    Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG
    Geography, Territory and environment

    The potential water connection map shows areas in a worst case scenario (permanent fallow land, no buffer strips or construction measures) where, if the land is not cultivated in a...

    Last updated: December 31, 2012

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    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • soil-erosion
    • erosion
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Digital soil suitability map of Switzerland - Nutrient storage capacity

    Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG
    Geography, Territory and environment

    In a similar way to water storage capacity, the aim is to specify how many equivalents of cations can be stored in the soil. The stored milliequivalents of cations were converted...

    Last updated: July 1, 2012

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    • cultivation-suitability
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    • meteorological-geographical-features
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Digital soil suitability map of Switzerland - Permeability

    Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG
    Geography, Territory and environment

    Permeability is measured using saturated soil core samples in the laboratory. Observations in the field highlighted a relationship between precipitation, permeability and...

    Last updated: July 1, 2012

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  • Digital soil suitability map of Switzerland - Stone content

    Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG
    Geography, Territory and environment

    The stone content refers to the individual mineral components of the soil which are larger than 2 mm (sieve residue). In most cases the top 50 cm of the soil was evaluated....

    Last updated: July 1, 2012

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  • Digital soil suitability map of Switzerland - Root penetration depth

    Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG
    Geography, Territory and environment

    Depth of soil that can be penetrated by roots (general thick and fine roots; roots that penetrate into clefts or crevices are not included). (Details: Soil suitability map of...

    Last updated: July 1, 2012

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  • Digital soil suitability map of Switzerland - Water storage capacity

    Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG
    Geography, Territory and environment

    The term refers to water which is retained in the soil by tension forces and can easily be taken up by plants (soil moisture tension 0.1 - 1 Atm). Estimates show that there is...

    Last updated: July 1, 2012

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  • Register of designations of origin (PDO) and geographical indications (PGI) - spirits

    Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG
    Agriculture, forestry, Geography

    The register of designations of origin (PDO) and geographical indications (PGI) allows the region names and traditional designations of agricultural products to be protected (with...

    Last updated: December 16, 2009

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    • protected-designation-of-origin-pdo
    • protected-geographical-indication-pgi
    • processed-agricultural-produce
    • alcohol
    • distillation
    • area-managementrestrictionregulation-zones-and-reporting-units
    • land-use
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Erosion risk map for arable land, with average soil erosion in tonnes /(ha*year)

    Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG
    Geography, Territory and environment

    Erosion risk map for arable land, with average soil erosion in tonnes /(ha*year) (Federal Office for Agriculture) Erosion risk map for arable land in Switzerland in a 2x2-metre...

    Last updated: March 30, 2019

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    • soil-erosion
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    • e-geoch
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Climate suitability map for agriculture - Precipitation

    Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG
    Geography, Territory and environment

    The four sheets of the map, which has a scale of 1:200,000, show an overall evaluation of the climatic conditions and restrictions for agriculture, broken down into 20 categories....

    Last updated: June 28, 2007

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    • cultivation-suitability
    • climatic-effect
    • meteorological-geographical-features
    • land-use
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Mountain products

    Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG
    Agriculture, forestry, Geography

    Um die Bezeichnung „Bergprodukt“ (z.B. Bergkäse) verwenden zu können, müssen die Rohstoffe aus dem Berggebiet oder dem Sömmerungsgebiet stammen und in einer Gemeinde verarbeitet...

    Last updated: May 11, 2012

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    • mountain-management
    • alpine-economy
    • area-managementrestrictionregulation-zones-and-reporting-units
    • utility-and-governmental-services
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Climate suitability map for agriculture - Forage crops

    Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG
    Geography, Territory and environment

    The four sheets of the map, which has a scale of 1:200,000, show an overall evaluation of the climatic conditions and restrictions for agriculture, broken down into 20 categories....

    Last updated: June 28, 2007

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    • cultivation-suitability
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    • meteorological-geographical-features
    • land-use
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Climate suitability map for agriculture - Cereal crops

    Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG
    Geography, Territory and environment

    The four sheets of the map, which has a scale of 1:200,000, show an overall evaluation of the climatic conditions and restrictions for agriculture, broken down into 20 categories....

    Last updated: June 28, 2007

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    • cultivation-suitability
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    • meteorological-geographical-features
    • land-use
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  • Climate suitability map for agriculture - Summer catch crops

    Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG
    Geography, Territory and environment

    The four sheets of the map, which has a scale of 1:200,000, show an overall evaluation of the climatic conditions and restrictions for agriculture, broken down into 20 categories....

    Last updated: June 28, 2007

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    • cultivation-suitability
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    • meteorological-geographical-features
    • land-use
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Climate suitability map for agriculture - Special crops

    Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG
    Geography, Territory and environment

    The four sheets of the map, which has a scale of 1:200,000, show an overall evaluation of the climatic conditions and restrictions for agriculture, broken down into 20 categories....

    Last updated: June 28, 2007

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
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    • cultivation-suitability
    • climatic-effect
    • meteorological-geographical-features
    • land-use
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Hillsides and slopes

    Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG
    Agriculture, forestry, Geography, Territory and environment

    In order to take the difficult production and living conditions in agriculture adequately into consideration, slope subsidies have been established for areas eligible for direct...

    Last updated: January 1, 2013

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • official-geodata
    • gradient
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
    • subsidy
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Flow-path map for erosion risk

    Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG
    Geography, Territory and environment

    The flow-path map shows the new calculated flow paths for surface runoff (L-factor of the universal soil loss equation or of the erosion risk map) on the agriculturally productive...

    Last updated: March 30, 2019

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    • soil
    • erosion
    • soil-erosion
    • e-geoch
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Digital soil suitability map of Switzerland - Waterlogging

    Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG
    Geography, Territory and environment

    If external water (runoff from slopes and groundwater) is present in the soil as well as precipitation, this is described as external waterlogging. (Details: Soil suitability map...

    Last updated: July 1, 2012

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    • cultivation-suitability
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