Preserving well-proven structures

摘要

Interview with Ueli Maurer, Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sports, on the occasion of the delegate assembly of the Swiss Fruit Association held on May 20, 2011, in Zug, Switzerland. How significant is Swiss agriculture? Considering the figures only, agriculture accounts for 1.5% of the Swiss gross national product. While still some 3.5% of the population is active in agriculture, its importance is decreasing. The sports industry generates the same value as agriculture, but this is only the economic significance. The emotional value is much higher because we are a rural country with peasant roots.