Federal Act
on Agriculture
(Agriculture Act, AgricA)

The Con­fed­er­a­tion shall en­sure that, through sus­tain­able, mar­ket-ori­ent­ated pro­duc­tion, the ag­ri­cul­tur­al sec­tor makes a sig­ni­fic­ant con­tri­bu­tion to­wards:

a.

the re­li­able pro­vi­sion of the pop­u­la­tion with food­stuffs;

b.

pre­serving nat­ur­al re­sources;

c.

the up­keep of the coun­tryside;

d.

en­cour­aging de­cent­ral­ised set­tle­ment;

e.⁴

guar­an­tee­ing an­im­al wel­fare.