Federal Act
on Agriculture
(Agriculture Act, AgricA)

¹ The Con­fed­er­a­tion shall grant sub­sidies and in­vest­ment loans in or­der to:

a.

lower pro­duc­tion costs through ba­sic im­prove­ments to the farm;

b.

im­prove liv­ing and eco­nom­ic con­di­tions in rur­al areas, in par­tic­u­lar up­land and moun­tain areas;

c.

pro­tect farm­land as well as ag­ri­cul­tur­al build­ings and in­stall­a­tions from dilap­id­a­tion or de­struc­tion through nat­ur­al causes;

d.

help achieve eco­lo­gic­al aims as well as those con­cern­ing an­im­al wel­fare and spa­tial plan­ning;

e.

en­cour­age the ren­a­tur­isa­tion of small lakes and rivers to near-nat­ur­al con­di­tions.

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