EC-LLD members of DKNV, the umbrella association for diversity of cultivated plants and breeds in German-speaking countries, invite you to sign the petition they initiated in favor of seed diversity.
Communication
CALL for applications: SAVE OUR SEEDS programme
Save our seeds has set up a programme for young activists, educators, seed savers and various organisations on different seed issues. There will be one part more open to a general audience and a second part more detailed and with many lecturers from different realities.
Have your say: EU seed marketing legislation Impact Assessment Survey
The European Commission is looking to reform the European Union (EU) seed marketing legislation. To assess the policy options, the EU Commission has launched a public consultation, which is open to associations and individuals in the EU, and anywhere around the world, until 27th March 2022
FiBL 2022 – The World of Organic Agriculture
The 2022 edition of “The World of Organic Agriculture” was launched on February 15, 2022 at a virtual event organized by BIOFACH, IFOAM – Organics International and the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL.
No Patents on Seeds! calls for an International Conference
No Patents on Seeds! has started a petition calling for an international conference. The organisation is demanding that a ministerial conference of the contracting states of the EPO is held within one year, with the aim of taking effective measures to stop patents being granted on conventional plant and animal breeding.
Seeds: Call for a global week of action against UPOV
Without seeds and without peasants, agriculture would not be possible. Ever since farming and livestock rearing began, peasants and farmers have freely developed, shared and preserved millions of different crop varieties, adapted to new and different socio-environment...
IFOAM ORGANICS EUROPE WELCOMES NEW ORGANIC ACTION PLAN
BRUSSELS, 25 MARCH 2021 – The organic food and farming movement welcomes today’s publication of the European Organic Action Plan 2021-2027, and particularly its “push-pull” approach, aiming at balancing increases in both production and demand of organic products. Jan...
ECLLD-NEWS! February
Europe - It's time to exchange seeds, what initiatives are there in your country? Within what legal framework is it possible to act? How can we have organic varieties and how is the organic plant breeding status? KWANN-Norwegian Seed Savers organized a...
The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review
From 1992 to 2014, economic capital per capita (wealth) doubled and human capital per capita (the set of skills acquired) increased by 13 per cent, while natural capital per capita (comprising soil, geology, air, water and all living organisms) declined by almost 40...
BIOFACH – World´s Leading Trade Fair for Organic Food
The trade fair duo BIOFACH and VIVANESS will take place in 2021 from 17 - 19 February 2021 completely digital. Organic is more than a label or certification: organic stands for quality and conviction – for the responsible use of nature’s resources. BIOFACH in the...
