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
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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
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France : a new ethical charter and an updated definition of peasant seeds for the national seed network.
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...
Good Vision..
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
Sprouts from Brussels
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...
Embedding Cultivated Diversity in Society for Agro-Ecological Transition
Agroecology calls for a global approach, integrating scientific, practical, and advocacy dimensions, to redesign agricultural systems based on ecological and socio-cultural processes and emphasizing biodiversity. Click here to read the DIVERSIFOOD published article
INVITATION Assemblée Générale du RMRM
The seed network Meuse Rhin Moselle (RMRM) organizes its GA on Thursday, March 5th from 9:30 am to 5 pm (at Nature&Progrès). The GA will be followed by an aperitif. This GA is more than a formal moment of the network, it is the moment to develop together...
