Urs Niggli is one of the world’s foremost agricultural scientists and was the Director of the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) until March 2020. Under his leadership FiBL grew from 20 staff to its current 200, became a leading research establishment in the area of organic agriculture, and developed into a European network with offices in Germany, France, Austria and Hungary as well as a representation in Brussels.
Current activities
- President of the Institute of Agroecology
- President of FiBL Austria
- Member of the Swiss national FAO Committee (CNS-FAO)
- Member of the Ökosoziales Forum Austria
- Member of the Board of Czech Organics
- Member of the board of the Belgian Institute of Organic Agriculture (BRIOA)
- Adjunct Professor at the University of Kassel
- Adjunct Professor at the China Agricultural University in Beijing
Previous positions
- Member of the Scientific Group for the 2021 Food Systems Summit
- Member of the multidisciplinary expert group of the European Commission regarding the legislative framework of the Farm to Fork strategy
- Member of the Steering Committee Sustainability Research of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT)
«In addition to ecologically and socially responsible agriculture my primary focus is also on nutrition. The immense pressure to keep increasing yields for a growing human population can be mitigated if we reduce food waste and feed less grain to livestock. Self-confident farmers are essential for global sustainability and food security.»
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