Speakers

Organizer

ECO - PB
ECO – PB
Website
https://www.eco-pb.org/about-eco-pb.html

The European Consortium for Organic Plant Breeding (ECO-PB) was founded in 2001 with the aim of promoting organic plant breeding and building up an independent expertise. As a non-profit association the main purpose is to foster organic agriculture, protect the environment and conserve agrobiodiversity through plant breeding programmes designed specifically for the needs of organic farming systems. Therefore, the main focus areas of the European Consortium for Organic Plant Breeding (ECO-PB) include: Initiating, supporting and maintaining organic plant breeding programmes Developing and investigating the concepts, scientific basis and financial tools for organic plant breeding Developing and promoting appropriate standards, practice and legal frameworks for organic plant breeding Providing a platform for exchange of knowledge and experience on organic plant breeding to European breeders, farmers, researchers and policy makers, as well as other IFOAM organisations Carrying out meetings and workshops on organic seed and organic plant breeding issues Providing discussion papers on plant breeding issues to support decision making processes

Other Organizers

InnObreed
InnObreed
Website
https://innobreed.eu/
LiveSeeding
LiveSeeding
Website
https://liveseeding.eu/

Location

Lycée Technique Agricole (LTA)
Lycée Technique Agricole (LTA)
Website
https://www.lta.lu/

Date

Sep 04 2025
Expired!

Time

2:45 pm – 4:15 pm

WS 8 – Climate resilience and pesticide reduction through organic breeding

The seed industry hopes to create climate resiliant varieties through NGT gene editing. The workshop explains how on-farm participatory plant breeding according to organic farming standards promotes genetically broad varities with adaptation potential as sustainable solution for today and for the future.