Europe’s path to a platform for genetic resources from different domains. The GenRes Bridge project -H2020- launches the GenRes Gateway portal to support breeders, researchers, journalists, policy makers on data and information on genetic resources. All stakeholders are invited to register.
To discuss policy developments that affect crop diversity movements, the European Coordination Let’s Liberate Diversity (ECLLD) has launched a series of virtual Seed Policy Dialogues. In September 2021 the meeting focused on the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), and the notion of farmers’ rights.
Next September 30th at the Seed Policy Dialogue #5 we will have as guests the FAO Treaty Secretariat. After an explanation of the Treaty, we will specifically dialogue about the implementation of Farmers’ Rights and the impact of interest at the European level.
Over the past four years, the partners of the European DYNAVERSITY project have analysed and described the networks and actors involved in the dynamic management of agrobiodiversity. The main objective is the consolidation and enlargement of the on-farm network...
“Fundus Agri-Cultura Alpina” is an information platform on traditional agriculture in the Alpine region. Based on the principles of Wikipedia, it collects and makes available to the public knowledge about the traditional cultivation of crops and the keeping of farm animals in the Alpine region. The aim is to help preserve this priceless heritage, promote biological and cultural diversity and thus contribute to the resilience of the Alpine region.
Implications for change and implementation of international legislation by Michèle PERRIN-TAILLAT (THE FULL ARTICLE IS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH-LINKS AT THE END) Plant terminology in legislative texts regulating the commercialisation, use and protection of...
To discuss policy developments that affect crop diversity movements, the European Coordination Let’s Liberate Diversity (ECLLD) has launched a series of virtual Seed Policy Dialogues. In May 2021, the SPD focused on the main points of the European Commission study on the seed law reform
Dear Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans,Dear Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides,Dear Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski,Dear Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius, In the coming days the...
Politics, scientific research, knowledge, marketing, access to diversity: these are the 5 main areas in which seed networks operate. How? And what is the meaning of “farmer seed network”? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o6g31e5nLg This video is part of 10 video...
What does the next seed law reform foresee? Which is the vision of the agroecological movements and actors? SEED POLICY DIALOGUE begins, once a month exchange with lawyer Fulya Batur and EC-LLD Members to analyse the Sprouts From...
