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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...
SPD#4: Intellectual Property Rights: patents on seeds
In July 2021, the SPD focused on a particular type of intellectual property right on seeds, patents, and their impacts on agrobiodiversity. It asked which would be the impacts of patents on vegetables, fruits, and other food plants granted by the European Patent Office, and what perspective could open-source seed initiatives bring to the landscape. It was enriched by contributions from Johanna Eckhardt from No Patents on Seeds, and Johannes Kotschi from the Global Coalition of Open-Source Seeds Initiatives.
Sprouts from Brussels- Fulya Batur
Recent developments on patents on seeds in Europe – Johanna Eckhardt from No Patents on Seeds
The Global Coalition of Open Source Seeds Initiatives on seeds as commons – Johannes Kotschi, GOSSI
Naming plants in international legislation- words matter!
Implications for change and implementation of international legislation by Michèle PERRIN-TAILLAT (THE FULL ARTICLE IS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH-LINKS AT THE END) Plant terminology in legislative texts regulating the commercialisation, use and protection of...
Day One at ORFC Global 2021!
The ORFC – Oxford Real Farming Conference is at day one and are planned many interesting seminars. EC-LLD will partecipate on Monday 11th at “Bringing Communities Together Through Seed: A Discussion and Planning Session for Community Seed Banks, Seed...
It’s released EC-LLD! / News n. 9 – DECEMBER
Read and subscribe to the Newsletter of the month of December, lots of information from all over Europe about agrobiodiversity! Here the link,...
Establish Community Seed Banks all over Europe is a possible strategy
So many European research projects or informal processes lead to the question of how to use and maintain agrobiodiversity, which is dramatically disappearing. For this reason, without relying on political or institutional processes, we can immediately start with...
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May 2026
EC-LLD! General Assembly (for EC-LLD! members only)
Official opening of the Forum
WS1: Seeds, Biodiversity and the Right to Food: The Role of Municipal Food Policies
WS 2: Seeds in Common: Genebanks, Breeding Innovation, and the Future of Democratic Seed Systems
WS 3: On-farm agrobiodiversity in the Balkan region: from preservation to plant population development
WS 4: Enhancing cultivated biodiversity through local food policies
WS 5: EU Seed Law Reform – What Does It Mean for Fields and Plates, and How Can We Safeguard Seed Diversity?
WS 6: Farmers’ Seed Systems in the Region of Central Asia and Eastern Europe: Experience, Challenges and Future Directions
WS 7: Agroecology Living Labs – Crossfertilization for promoting agrobiodiversity
WS 8: NGTs and Patents: How Can We Grow Without Them? Updates on Political Debates and Cooperation Amongst Organic Breeders and Growers
WS 9: Affectionate Alliances and Exploratory Mindsets: Building a Global Coalition of Agroecological Seed Networks for Evolutionary Radical Futures
Tasting 1: Crop Wild Relatives – COUSIN Project
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