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Defend farmers’ seed rights – reach out to EU lawmakers!
EU Commission's PRM law - a threat to seed diversity and sovereignty The European Commission's proposed EU law of Production and Marketing of Plant Reproductive Material is a threat to small seed producers, and to the conservation of seed diversity. If the proposed...
LLD speaks to SeedWorld about preserving seed diversity
LLD Board Member and and technical director of Rete Semi Rurali, Riccardo Bocci, recently spoke to SeedWorld about efforts to preserve seed genetic diversity in Europe. Riccardo spoke about LLD’s work representing 22 seed banks across Europe, and the organisation’s...
Réseau Semences Paysannes write to MEPs to oppose New Genomic Techniques
Earlier this month, the Board of Directors of the Réseau Semences Paysannes (French Famers’ Seeds Network) wrote a letter to Members of the European Parliament in response to recent move by the EU Council to distinguish and deregulate certain plants derived from new...
Sowing social innovations for transformative change
Research paper Native seed collector networks in Brazil: Sowing social innovations for transformative change is available as Open Access early view online. ABSTRACT To investigate whether and how Social Innovation (SI) can contribute to transformative change, we...
Moving toward 100% organic seed use in German organic agriculture
A new academic paper was published in journal Organic Farming and is available as Open Access online: Trends in use of crop cultivars from organic and conventional seed multiplication: Moving toward 100% organic seed use in German organic agriculture. ABSTRACT In...
Strategic Dialogue on the future of EU agriculture
This month marked the end of the Strategic Dialogue on the future of EU agriculture, an initiative first announced by President of the EU Commission Von der Leyen at her State of the Union address last year and that saw stakeholders in Europe engaged in discussions...
Protecting crops through plant diversity
The INRAE has recently published a free-to-download eBook by the title ‘Protecting crops through plant diversity‘ in the context of project Ecophyto 2+ meant to reduce the use of synthetic pesticides to protect public health. This book is intended for research and teaching purposes, as well as agricultural, environmentaland citizen stakeholders.
The Organic Advice Network
A new initiative was launched in the spring 2024 as part of the EU Farm to Fork Strategy and aligned to its target of achieving 25% organic farmland by 2030. The project aims to address the urgent need for skilled advisors in organic farming by creating and nurturing...
PGR management in farmers seed network in Europe and China
EC-LLD recently participated in an online event hosted by Pro Specie Rara, one of our members, to welcome a Chinese delegation at their headquarters in Switzerland. This was a significant step in our ongoing efforts to strengthen international collaboration and exchange knowledge on biodiversity and sustainable agriculture.
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