Foreword  3

Acknowledgements  4

Acronyms and Abbreviations  9

Executive Summary  12

Key recommendations  14

Assessment and recommendations  15

Assessment  15

Policy recommendations  27

References  33

Notes  34

1 Context and policy setting  36

1.1. Context: The agro-food sector  37

1.2. Context: The demand side  69

1.3. Policy setting of the agro-food sector  75

1.4. Conclusions  77

References  79

Notes  87

2 Trends and evaluation of agricultural and food policies  90

2.1. General landscape of food system policies  92

2.2. General agricultural policy  97

2.3. Other relevant domestic policies  105

2.4. Risk management and resilience policies  109

2.5. Trade policies  111

2.6. Evaluation of support to agriculture  118

2.7. Market regulation and competition in the agro-food sector  126

2.8. Demand side policies for healthy and sustainable food choices  129

2.9. Conclusions  136

References  138

Notes  148

3 Natural resources management and environmental sustainability  151

3.1. Key environmental objectives, strategies and institutional framework  152

3.2. Management of natural resources and ecosystems  159

3.3. Climate change mitigation and adaptation  170

3.4. Towards an energy-efficient and low-carbon agro-food sector  174

3.5. Food loss and waste  176

3.6. Conclusions  183

References  185

Notes  188

4 Food and Agriculture Innovation System  189

4.1. The agriculture and food innovation system  191

4.2. Actors, institutions, and governance of the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System (AKIS)  195

4.3. Policies facilitating innovation and knowledge transfer  203

4.4. Adoption of innovations and R&D performance  208

4.5. Data and digital technologies  209

4.6. Conclusions: Innovation as a catalyst of food systems transformation  210

References  213

Notes  218

5 Policy performance and coherence in achieving Switzerland's food systems objectives  219

5.1. Balancing multiple policy objectives and perspectives  221

5.2. Benchmarking Switzerland's productivity and environmental sustainability performance against other OECD countries  224

5.3. Governance tools and processes to enhance policy performance and coherence  228

5.4. Assessment of coherence in selected policy areas  236

5.5. Conclusions  243

References  245

Notes  249