This paper evaluates the preferences of cantonal politicians for future agricultural land-use scenarios in a rural region of the Swiss lowlands. We combine results from a choice experiment with the outcome of a mathematical programming model. As a result, we define cost-efficient future land-use...

The improvement of the sustainable performance of the agricultural sector is a priority of the Swiss agricultural policy. The sustainability of Swiss dairy farms located in the mountainous area might be critical as many of them show a weak performance in the use of their economic and/or social...

An overview of differentiation strategies for agricultural products in this article are followed by the comparative study of the administrative tools of different countries, based on case studies in three different countries (France, Spain, and Italy). In the functioning of the PDOs, the...