Policies for the Future of Farming and Food in Switzerland is part of a series of country studies that apply the OECD Agro-Food Productivity-Sustainability-Resilience Policy Framework (PSR), an evidence-based approach to assess if the policy environment is conducive to achieving sustainable agricultural productivity growth and increased resilience. To date, the PSR Framework has been applied to reviews of Australia, Brazil, Canada, the People’s Republic of China, Croatia, Egypt, Estonia, the European Union, Japan, Korea, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye, and the United States.
Reconciling agro-food productivity, sustainability and resilience is a challenge common to all countries, while also unique to a country’s specific context and objectives. Following an evidence-based analysis and the comparison of performance indicators across countries, PSR reviews offer country-specific policy recommendations that aim to improve agriculture and food systems policies.
Switzerland is pursuing a comprehensive and forward-looking transformation of its agro‑food system, guided by a holistic vision that engages all value chain actors and seeks to balance multiple policy objectives. This review presents evidence and policy recommendations to support a more coherent, sustainable, and resilient system, emphasising the need to better align agricultural support with environmental, health, and productivity goals while strengthening the contribution of the innovation system and addressing structural challenges.
The proposed recommendations focus on improving policy coherence, fostering inclusive and future‑ready farming, enhancing transparency in agro‑food markets, promoting healthier and more sustainable diets, reducing environmental pressures, and better leveraging the agricultural innovation system. They also aim to strengthen co‑ordination across actors and governance levels to support more coherent and inclusive food systems processes.