The European project DIVERSIFOOD on participatory breeding and farmer seeds, coordinated by Véronique Chable of INRA and in partnership (among others) with KAOL KOZH (on cabbage) has just been awarded by the Minister of Research and the CEO of INRA last Tuesday at the...
The future of our agriculture and food depends as much on diversity as on seeds. The "Semillas de Identidad" campaign, supported by SWISSAID, ensures that seeds in Colombia and Nicaragua remain in the hands of farmers and that diversity is preserved. Voir la brochure...
“Affirming that the past, present and future contributions of farmers in all regions of the world, particularly those in centres of origin and diversity, in conserving, improving and making available these resources, is the basis of Farmers' Rights” The eight Session...
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The European Coordination Let's Liberate Diversity! is organizing two workshops at the next 10th LLD, one on EU networks and another on seed systems. French Version
Johannesburg, South Africa, 4 October 2019- Minister says no to Monsanto's "drought tolerant" maize seed Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza has upheld a decision to reject agriculture chemical company Monsanto's application for the commercial cultivation of its triple...
Tenth edition of the Forum organized by the European Coordination Let's Liberate Diversity! After nine editions organised in as many different European countries, the LLD! Forum returns to France where it was organised for the first time in 2005. ...
Hannes Lorenzen meet Anders Borgen at the European Cereal Diversity Conference in Kalö near Aarhus in Denmark. For the past 10 years, cereal enthusiasts have met annually in Scandinavia, and four times at European level in the Let’s Liberate Diversity Network....
12 June 2019 / The patent granted by the European Patent Office (EPO) covering salmon and trout reared on specific plants (EP1965658) could now become a precedent for many other patent applications. Recent research shows several similar European patent applications...
