Speakers

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  Maria Carrascosa Agronomist
  

  Maria Carrascosa

  Agronomist

  Agronomist

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  Riccardo Bocci Manager Director of Rete Semi Rurali
  

  Riccardo Bocci

  Manager Director of Rete Semi Rurali

  MSc in Agriculture, University of Florence he is the managing director of the Italian farmers’ seed network“Rete Semi Rurali. On behalf of Rete Semi Rurali he has been working on the following H2020 EU projects DIVERSIFOOD, DYNAVERSITY, LIVESEED, CERERE. He has been one of the five European experts on the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Farmers’ Rights and vice chair of the Ad Hoc Technical Committee on Sustainable Use (ACSU) under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA). He has participated to the working group that delivered the Italian Guidelines for the Conservation of PGRFA, coordinated by the Ministry of Agriculture.

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  Francois Meienberg Coordinator of APBREBES
  

  Francois Meienberg

  Coordinator of APBREBES

  Francois Meienberg is the coordinator of the Association For Plant Breeding For The Benefit of Society (APBREBES). APBREBES is a global network of civil society organisations that advocates for plant breeding for the benefit of society, the full implementation of farmers’ rights to plant genetic resources and the promotion of agricultural biodiversity.

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  Mariano Iossa LiveSeeding Coordinator
  

  Mariano Iossa

  LiveSeeding Coordinator