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Digital soil suitability map of Switzerland - Root penetration depth
Regions and cities, 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 Sw...
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Demand for irrigation
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities
Long-term 33% quantile of relative evapotranspiration (ratio of current to potential evapotranspiration ET/ETp) for agriculturally productive areas of Switzerland. Calculation f...
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Digital soil suitability map of Switzerland - Crop type
Regions and cities, Environment
On the soil suitability map, each mapping unit has a code consisting of an uppercase letter and a number. The letters stand for 25 different physiographical units. The numbers r...
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Landwirtschaftliche Nutzungsflächen Schweiz
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities
Der Geodatensatz «landwirtschaftliche Nutzungsflächen» stellt die räumliche Lage der Kulturflächen wie Wiesen, Weiden und Ackerflächen der Schweiz dar und wird jährlich aktualis...
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Viticulture on slopes
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities
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 p...
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Register of designations of origin (PDO) and geographical indications (PGI) - spirits
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities
The register of designations of origin (PDO) and geographical indications (PGI) allows the region names and traditional designations of agricultural products to be protected (wi...
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Digital soil suitability map of Switzerland - Nutrient storage capacity
Regions and cities, 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 converte...
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Hillsides and slopes
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, 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...
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Water connection map, direct and indirect, probability of connection
Regions and cities, Environment
A map has also been created as a supplement to the water connection map which distinguishes between direct and indirect connections. Areas with a direct connection to a body of ...
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Register of designations of origin (PDO) and geographical indications (PGI) - cheese
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities
The register of designations of origin (PDO) and geographical indications (PGI) allows the region names and traditional designations of agricultural products to be protected (wi...
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Climate suitability map for agriculture - Cultivated land
Regions and cities, 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 categorie...
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Register of designations of origin (PDO) and geographical indications (PGI)...
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities
The register of designations of origin (PDO) and geographical indications (PGI) allows the region names and traditional designations of agricultural products to be protected (wi...
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Erosion risk map for arable land – qualitative classification
Regions and cities, Environment
Erosion risk map for arable land – qualitative classification (Federal Office for Agriculture) Erosion risk map for arable land in Switzerland in a 2x2-metre grid based on Swiss...
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Digital soil suitability map of Switzerland - Waterlogging
Regions and cities, 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 ma...
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Digital soil suitability map of Switzerland - Stone content
Regions and cities, 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. (Det...
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Climate suitability map for agriculture - Forage crops
Regions and cities, 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 categorie...
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Digital soil suitability map of Switzerland - Water storage capacity
Regions and cities, 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 l...
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Digital soil suitability map of Switzerland - Permeability
Regions and cities, Environment
Permeability is measured using saturated soil core samples in the laboratory. Observations in the field highlighted a relationship between precipitation, permeability and morpho...
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Flow-path map for erosion risk
Regions and cities, 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 producti...
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Regionen der Marktbeobachtung Milch und Milchprodukte
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities
Regionen der Marktbeobachtung Milch und Milchprodukte, auf dessen Basis die regionalen Produzentenpreise Milch publiziert werden. Die Regionen sind wie folgt definiert: Region I...
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Digital soil suitability map of Switzerland - Cultivated land
Regions and cities, Environment
On the soil suitability map, each mapping unit has a code consisting of an uppercase letter and a number. The letters stand for 25 different physiographical units. The numbers r...
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Climate suitability map for agriculture - Overview
Regions and cities, 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 categorie...
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Alpine products
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities
Um die Bezeichnung „Alpprodukt“ (z.B. Alpkäse) verwenden zu können, müssen die Rohstoffe aus dem Sömmerungsgebiet stammen und auch dort verarbeitet werden. Die Verarbeitung folg...
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Water connection map, probability of connection
Regions and cities, 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 i...
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Climate suitability map for agriculture - Summer catch crops
Regions and cities, 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 categorie...