Pan-European strategy (GenRes Bridge, 2021) with recommendations to conserve, characterise, monitor and sustainably use plant, animal and forest genetic resources; calls for coherent policy, capacity, funding and info systems.
.Seed Policy
Inputs to UN Working Group Report on Right to Seeds
The UN Working Group on Peasants is writing a report on the Right to Seeds. Here we share a call to share inputs organised by the UN itself.
Joint InnOBreed and Liveseeding survey
What are the LiveSeeding and InnOBreed projects? The LIVESEEDING project aims to foster the growth of the organic sector and transition towards more sustainable local food systems by delivering high quality organic seed of diverse cultivars adjusted to organic farming...
(Belated) news on the EU Council’s decision on PRM rules
Last December the EU Council voted to begin negotiations on new rules for PRM. IFOAM and ARCHE NOAH warn of the risks these changes bring for farmer’s rights and food sovereignty.
EU Agriculture Ministers Restrict Farmers’ Rights
ARCHE NOAH warns: Council position hands more power to seed industry! An effective ban on the work of small cereal breeders, prohibitions on farmer seed exchange, and a bureaucratic nightmare for local seed producers. Today’s General Approach on the proposed new EU Seed Law adopted by the Council of Agriculture Ministers threatens agrobiodiversity and plays into the hands of the agrochemical lobby.
New paper on consequences of deregulation on the seed sector
Our colleagues at IG Saatgut have shared with us a summary of their latest position paper on NGTs. You can find the summary paper in this post.
Online Seed Policy Workshop – January 2026
ARCHE NOAH will organise an online workshop in late January. Please save the dates to attend.
Patent-free zone for classical plant breeding in Europe!
No Patents on Seeds! has recently published a report with a proposal to amend the law to breeders’ access to biological material. We share the report here.
Farmer-Managed Seed Systems in Tanzania: Workshop report
The report and policy brief from the workshop “Creating Space for Farmers’ Seeds in Seed Regulations – Capitalizing International Learnings and Identifying Options for Tanzania” are now available. We share them here.
CGRFA-20: Session Outcomes
We share a summary of the outcomes from the 20th Regular Session of the FAO’s Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
