Playful access to agricultural sciences

Visitors to the family-friendly ETH booth can also enjoy four interactive games – the “Drone Course”, the “Ruminant Simulator”, “Agricultural Policy Jenga” and “Morph Tales: Discovering Artificial Intelligence”. The games introduce children, teenagers and adults to central research questions in the areas of crops, agricultural economics and animal nutrition, and increase understanding of artificial intelligence.

With its focus on games and spin-offs, the exhibition aims to provide the general public with easy-to-grasp information about how ETH research from various areas can contribute to a more environmentally friendly, resource-conserving and socially acceptable food system.

“Olma offers us a stage to show what we’re doing for Swiss agriculture. And it also gives us an opportunity to talk to the general public and to farmers,” says Günther.

Strengthening research

Finally, Günther returns to the challenges that Cassis mentioned in his speech: “Particularly when it comes to global problems such as climate change, biodiversity or the global food system, Swiss universities are reliant on interdisciplinary collaboration with our neighbours.”

“To ensure that Switzerland can continue to achieve outstanding results as a research location, we need access to the European Research Area,” Günther concludes.