Quantitative study (688 households, 1,600 plots) in Malawi finds CSBs supply ~1/3 of seeds for participants and are associated with improved household food security; yield effects vary by crop and CSB participation correlates with past climate shocks.
Presentation of FiBL’s organic pre-breeding programme for white lupin in Switzerland, targeting anthracnose resistance, earliness and low alkaloid content through pedigree selection and composite cross populations.
LiveSeeding recently published their second policy brief, this time focusing on the different definitions of plant breeding in the organic sector.
The LLD Forum 2025 will witness a global convergence of farmers’ seed initiatives and networks working to build shared infrastructure, strengthen coordination, and support farmers’ seed systems and cultivated diversity worldwide.
The June 2025 issue of the Agrecology FAO Agroecology Knowledge Hub’s journal has been published. This month’s issue explores, among other topics, the urgent need to transition food systems away from fossil fuels.
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This article explores the role of European community seedbanks (CSBs) in conserving agrobiodiversity alongside formal ex situ systems. While much research focuses on the Global South, this study examines three European CSBs and their collaboration with genebanks and formal seed systems.
We are excited to announce that registration is now open for the Let’s Liberate Diversity! Forum 2025, co-organised by Let’s Liberate Diversity!, Lycée Technicque Agricole (LTA), SEED Luxembourg, and LUGA Join us in Luxembourg from 4 to 6 September 2025 for a...
This week, the European Coordination Let’s Liberate Diversity (ECLLD) participated as an observer in the FAO Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. The session marks an important step in the revision of the Global Plan of Action (GPA), a...
EU project LiveSeeding leaflets on cultivated diversity and organic breeding in several languages, and a bonus video of a baker that has adopted the biodiverse flour from populations in his work.
