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...
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.
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
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...
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...
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...
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Over the past three years, peasant seeds and the products derived from them (veggies, flour, bread …) have been more and more attractive for agribusiness actors as an interesting niche market. In France, we choose to use the concept of « commons » not...
Take two minutes to watch this great little video from http://apbrebes.org explaining how seed laws and free trade agreements are restricting farmers' right and endangering our all so important biodiversity: https://youtu.be/BTWt3_AEV4M #vielfalt
Parallel to "Legal Watch", a helpful new method to involve farmers, researchers, organizations, and people interested in what is happening in Brussels, has been developed. In the framework of the “Seed Policy Labs” project. "Sprouts from...
