IMPORTANT POINTS The CSB Academy accepts training proposals from community seed banks, related NGO’s and seed initiatives from European Region Thematic Areas 2020: Subjects mentioned below are given priority but applications are not limited to these subjects: Climate...
Matthias Lorimer
LLD On Air webinars
From Monday 25th to Thursday 28th May 2020 Every day, at 16:00, a cycle of webinars organised by the European Coordination, for strengthening the Community Seed Banks Why Since our annual 11th Let's Liberate Diversity ! meeting has been postponed, let's start...
Annual report 2019 – Informe 2019
Red de Resiembra e Intercambio de variedades locales de cultivo, share the the Annual Report (SPA) It's available also the Caracterización de los bancos de semillas comunitarios en el Estado español done by the RAS within DIVERSIFOOD project.
APREBES: Updates on Plant Variety Protection Issue #40, 11 May 2020
the latest issue of APREBES (Association for Plant Breeding for the Benefit of Society) was released #40, 11 May 2020 Here more information https://www.apbrebes.org/ APBREBES
Eleven reasons why Europe needs to ban patents on food plants and farm animals
New report on patent applications for conventional plant and animal breeding 23 April 2020 / No Patents on Seeds! published a new report today on patent applications for conventional plant and animal breeding which, according to European patent law, are excluded from...
À la recherche des semences de demain | ARTE Regards
High-performance seeds used in the food industry and monoculture are a threat to the diversity of our fruit, vegetable and cereal varieties. In 100 years, we have lost 80% of cultivated species! To the great displeasure of farmers, horticulturists and scientists, who...
Farmers’ rights in practice: contributions of community seed banks
Based on empirical evidence from 16 countries, a new article addresses the question of how community seed banks contribute to the establishment of the farmers’ rights, as defined by the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture...
the ECPGR Information Bulletin No. 20 has been released
Click here to check the ECPGR Information Bulletin
Cereals, renaissance in the field!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuAduRqbEjk Farmers, scientists, bakers and processors, local communities, discerning consumers: the protagonists of a movement that has embraced a major challenge, that of changing agricultural practice. By carrying out research and...
Why Organic Breeding?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o31AZM-mes Video of the Engagement.Biobreeding Europe project https://www.biobreeding.org Organic breeding needs a long-term commitment that has a positive effect on the entire agri-food system. The integrity of tomorrow's organic...
