the latest issue of APREBES (Association for Plant Breeding for the Benefit of Society) was released #40, 11 May 2020 Here more information https://www.apbrebes.org/ APBREBES
.Seed Practice
À la recherche des semences de demain | ARTE Regards
High-performance seeds used in the food industry and monoculture are a threat to the diversity of our fruit, vegetable and cereal varieties. In 100 years, we have lost 80% of cultivated species! To the great displeasure of farmers, horticulturists and scientists, who...
Farmers’ rights in practice: contributions of community seed banks
Based on empirical evidence from 16 countries, a new article addresses the question of how community seed banks contribute to the establishment of the farmers’ rights, as defined by the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture...
the ECPGR Information Bulletin No. 20 has been released
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Cereals, renaissance in the field!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuAduRqbEjk Farmers, scientists, bakers and processors, local communities, discerning consumers: the protagonists of a movement that has embraced a major challenge, that of changing agricultural practice. By carrying out research and...
Why Organic Breeding?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o31AZM-mes Video of the Engagement.Biobreeding Europe project https://www.biobreeding.org Organic breeding needs a long-term commitment that has a positive effect on the entire agri-food system. The integrity of tomorrow's organic...
France : a new ethical charter and an updated definition of peasant seeds for the national seed network.
Over the past three years, peasant seeds and the products derived from them (veggies, flour, bread …) have been more and more attractive for agribusiness actors as an interesting niche market. In France, we choose to use the concept of « commons » not...
SUMMER SCHOOL: Participatory Plant Breeding & Resilient Seed Systems
Whithin DYNAVERSITY we are organizing a summer school on Participatory Plant Breeding & Resilient Seed Systems Sunday 16 – Friday 21 August 2020 https://www.pe-rc.nl/PPB-RSS Preliminary programme Sunday afternoon (before dinner) the course starts off with...
Farmers’ Seeds awarded to the Stars of Europe “Étoiles de l’Europe”
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...
LOCAL SEEDS: THE KEY TO SURVIVAL
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...
