Federal Act
on Agriculture
(Agriculture Act, AgricA)

¹ The Con­fed­er­a­tion may pro­mote the breed­ing of com­mer­cial plants which:

a.

are of high eco­lo­gic­al value;

b.

are of high qual­ity; or

c.

have been ad­ap­ted to the con­di­tions pre­vail­ing in the vari­ous parts of the coun­try.

² It may provide sub­sidies for private plant breed­ers and spe­cial­ised or­gan­isa­tions that provide ser­vices for the gen­er­al good, namely for:

a.

breed­ing, main­tain­ing the pur­ity of and im­prov­ing vari­et­ies;

b.

ex­per­i­ment­al cul­tiv­a­tion;

c.¹⁸⁴

…

³ It may sub­sid­ise the pro­duc­tion of seeds and seed­lings.