The Practical Guide for drying and storing vegetable seeds in organic small-scale and on-farm seed production is now available online in French and English.
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FAO Agroecology Knowledge Hub Digest
Read the April 2024 issue of the FAO Agroecology Knowledge Hub Digest, a taster of the insights into the world of agroecology that you could receive via email
APBREBES Newsletter #62
The April 2024 issue of the APBREBES newsletter is published on their website. Topics: UPOV and smallholder rights, NGTS and EU regulation.
Seeds and Migrants – DiverSeedPaths Project Launches with Kickoff Meeting!
We are excited to announce the official launch of the DiverSeedPaths – Seeds and Migrant project! Our journey towards cultivating resilient and inclusive communities through the lens of agricultural biodiversity and seed co-evolution is about to begin.
Hot Water Treatments to Sanitize Vegetable Seeds
Liveseeding hosted a 3h webinar entitled "Hot Water Treatments to Sanitize Vegetable Seeds" on Tuesday, March 26th, co-organised by Bingenheimer Saatgut AG (DE), the French Organic Food and Farming Institute (ITAB, FR) and the European Coordination Let's Liberate...
Resilient Seed Systems: Shared Action Framework
The Global Alliance for the Future of Food published a Shared Action Framework and strategic brainstorming tool for action in support of resilient food systems
Opinion: patents and GMOs in organic production
This piece describes how regulation shaped plant breeding markets and how genetic techniques may or may not fit in with organic breeding
The Nagoya Protocol and nitrogen-fixing maize
Paper discussing a case of piracy of nitrogen fixing maize germplasm from Indigenous communities and more generally the implications of the Nagoya Protocol for access and benefit-sharing (ABS) agreements related to genetic resources and biodiversity.
ITPGRFA Report and Resolutions of the 10th Session
FAO released the report and resolutions of the tenth session of the governing body of the ITPGRFA
Organic Heterogeneous Material: new operators’ tutorial
A tutorial on the new EU Organic Heterogeneous Material (OHM) regime is available to enable new operators to enter this exciting market for agrobiodiversity
