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CALL for applications: SAVE OUR SEEDS programme
About SaveOurSeeds Save Our Seeds is the Berlin office of the Foundation on Future Farming, an initiative of the charitable GLS Treuhand e.V. in Bochum. GLS primarily promotes the cultivation of new plant types and animal races for organic agriculture. They work...
Have your say: EU seed marketing legislation Impact Assessment Survey
WHAT?The European Commission is looking to reform the European Union (EU) seed marketing legislation,with a proposal expected by December 2022. To assess the policy options that they are studying right now, the EU Commission has launched apublic consultation, which is...
FiBL 2022 – The World of Organic Agriculture
StatisticsOn Statistics.FiBL.org, the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL provides access to the data collected in the framework of its annual survey on organic agriculture worldwide. The elaborate collection of data in The World of Organic Agriculture...
The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review
From 1992 to 2014, economic capital per capita (wealth) doubled and human capital per capita (the set of skills acquired) increased by 13 per cent, while natural capital per capita (comprising soil, geology, air, water and all living organisms) declined by almost 40...
Seed Saving for Local Adaptation
The Norwegian Seed Savers will soon be hosting a webinar on Seed Saving for Local Adaptation with Dr. Bradley Tonnesen, who comes recommended courtesy of the Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance. Dr. Bradley Tonnesen holds a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Colorado State...
Peliti & Olympic Seed Festival 2021
The 21th Peliti Seed Festival will take place in Greece, at the land of Peliti in Mesochori Paranesti, Drama Prefecture Greece, on Saturday, September 4 from 10:30 a.m. to 15:00 p.m. It is with great pleasure that we invite you at the...
Catalogue of varieties: the sowing season is open!
Find diversity here! Browse through the varieties and get inspired for your garden and your kitchen. You will find access to seeds and plant material for more than 4700 varieties that are in ProSpecieRara hands. From the ‘Swedish Blue’ potato to the ‘Grape’ apple and the parsnip: discover this diversity and contribute to its preservation!
Understanding the existing framework: what openings to cultivate biodiversity?
With this regulatory kit written in French, RSP provides all the information you need to understand the legal aspects of marketing seeds and their general legal framework.
SPD#8: UPOV Convention – its Impact on Farmers in Europe and Globally
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. The last SPD of the year in December 2021 was dedicated to plant variety protection, and more specifically to the 1991 Act of the UPOV Convention
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