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Understanding the existing framework: what openings to cultivate biodiversity?
The dynamic management approach to crop biodiversity practiced with farmer seeds is holistic. The stages of conservation, selection and use of the seed are carried out jointly on farms and gardens by farmers, gardeners and seed artisans working in a network. The...
SPD#8: UPOV Convention – its Impact on Farmers in Europe and Globally
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. The dialogue aimed to explain what UPOV and plant variety protection is, and what their impacts on farmers’ rights have...
No Patents on Seeds! calls for an International Conference
Patents on conventionally-bred plants and animals Albeit not permitted under EU patent law, agricultural companies hold patents on conventionally-bred fruits, vegetables, and cereals. Similar patents are also being filed on animals. "Conventionally-bred plants and...
BIOFACH – World´s Leading Trade Fair for Organic Food
The trade fair duo BIOFACH and VIVANESS will take place in 2021 from 17 - 19 February 2021 completely digital. Organic is more than a label or certification: organic stands for quality and conviction – for the responsible use of nature’s resources. BIOFACH in the...
2021 SEED LIST – Heritage Seed Library
The Heritage Seed Library (HSL) aims to conserve vegetable varieties that are not widely available. We are not a gene bank and all of our collection, once we have enough seed, will become available for our members to grow and enjoy. The collection consists of mainly...
(B)rèves de semences, le podcast ! Episode 2
Since 2003, the RSP has been bringing together groups of french farmers, gardeners and other seed practitioners around the issues of cultivated biodiversity and autonomy. In this rather special period, deprived of many opportunities to meet, we have chosen to let you...
No Patents on Seeds! calls for an International Conference
No Patents on Seeds! has started a petition calling for an international conference. The organisation is demanding that a ministerial conference of the contracting states of the EPO is held within one year, with the aim of taking effective measures to stop patents being granted on conventional plant and animal breeding.
SPD#7: FAO CGRFA, Agrobiodiversity targets and indicators
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.
SPD#6: UNDROP, Farmers’ rights to seeds and biodiversity
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 Dialoguers, in October 2021, the meeting focused on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and People living in rural areas (UNDROP)
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