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ITPGRFA: Outcomes of 9th Session of the Governing Body
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has published the final Report and the seventeen Resolutions adopted by the Ninth Session of the Governing Body (New Delhi, September 2022) of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture....
Bringing diversity to Fields with Heritage Grains
The Diversity to Fields project (2021-2023) at Häme University of Applied Sciences and the Natural Resources Institute Finland is funded by the Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. The project seeks solutions for the diversification of grains grown in Finland...
Cycling Seeds: a journey of discovery into traditional seed management from Italy to Iran
Hi everyone, I am Eléonore Mahée, 28, from France. I am currently doing a bike trip called Cycling Seeds, from Italy to Iran to learn more about traditional seeds and cultivated biodiversity. After 5 months cycling on the roads of Italy, Albania, Greece, Turkey and...
GenRes Gateway: A crowd-sourced platform for genetic resources
Europe’s path to a platform for genetic resources from different domains. The GenRes Bridge project -H2020- launches the GenRes Gateway portal to support breeders, researchers, journalists, policy makers on data and information on genetic resources. All stakeholders are invited to register.
SPD#5: The FAO Treaty and Farmers’ Rights
To discuss policy developments that affect crop diversity movements, the European Coordination Let’s Liberate Diversity (ECLLD) has launched a series of virtual Seed Policy Dialogues. In September 2021 the meeting focused on the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), and the notion of farmers’ rights.
A European network for agricultural biodiversity
Over the past four years, the partners of the European DYNAVERSITY project have analysed and described the networks and actors involved in the dynamic management of agrobiodiversity. The main objective is the consolidation and enlargement of the on-farm network...
Press Release: Launch of the European Network of Agroecological Food Systems
The European Network for Agroecological Food Systems (ENAF) is the outcome of Horizon 2020 project Agroecology for Europe (AE4EU). It was launched at the end of January 2023 with the objective to connect and complement the work of existing networks in Europe. ENAF is actively looking for co-founders, participants and friends.
Which seeds for a just transition to agroecological and sustainable food systems?
MEPs Martin Häusling and Sarah Wiener MEP, in collaboration with diversity advocates Arche Noah, organised a presentation for the political study ‘Which seeds for a just transition to agroecological and sustainable food systems?’ in connection with the ongoing EU reform of seeds marketing rules. Members of ECLLD sat on the panel to discuss the future of seed diversity.
ITPGRFA: Outcomes of 9th Session of the Governing Body
The final Report and seventeen Resolutions of the 9th Session of the Governing Body of the ITPGRFA are now published in all official languages.
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