Agroscope

46°46′N 7°07′E / 46.77°N 7.11°E / 46.77; 7.11

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Agroscope

Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Federal administration of Switzerland
Headquarters	Bern
Parent agency	Federal Office for Agriculture
Website	agroscope.admin.ch

Agroscope is the Swiss Confederation's center of excellence for agricultural research and is affiliated with the Federal Office for Agriculture, which is subordinate to the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research. Agroscope attempts to contribute to a sustainable agriculture and food sector, and maintain an intact environment.

Agroscope consists of three competence divisions for Research Technology and Knowledge Exchange, and seven strategic research divisions, and the Resources Unit.^[1] Sites are Avenches (Swiss National Stud Farm SNSF), Breitenhof, Cadenazzo, Changins, Conthey, Güttingen (Fruit Growing Pilot Plant), Liebefeld, Posieux, Pully, Reckenholz, Tänikon and Wädenswil.

Agroscope recently adopted a new site strategy that plans to construct a central research campus in Posieux (canton of Fribourg), a research centre in Changins (canton of Vaud), Reckenholz (canton of Zurich), and peripheral experimental stations.^[2]