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ECLLD participation in the 2nd International Congress on Agrobiodiversity
The 2nd International Congress on Agrobiodiversity Building more sustainable, equitable, and resilient food systems go together with stimulating nature's positive production. It is about developing agricultural systems that benefit planet Earth and ensure access to...
SPD#7: FAO CGRFA, Agrobiodiversity targets and indicators
In November 2021, the SPD analysed the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA), and more particularly its work on agrobiodiversity targets and indicators, asking why the right indicator choice is crucial for agrobiodiversity movements. It...
SPD#6: UNDROP, Farmers’ rights to seeds and biodiversity
In October 2021, the SPD focused on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and People living in rural areas (UNDROP), asking which rights peasants have in this context, and a recollection of the lengthy mobilization by farmers’ and civil society...
Agro-Perma-Lab SEEDS Training ONLINE
“Agro-Perma-Lab: SEEDS” 2021 Training is an online training series of 10 thematic modules for educators, social activists and community leaders in agroecology and permaculture from the Food Sovereignty Network in Poland and, by extension in English, in...
ECO-PB Newsletter January 2021
WEBSITE UPDATES Training & teaching materialThe COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest disruption of education systems in history, affecting nearly 1.6 billion learners in more than 190 countries and all continents (United Nations, 2020). To counteract...
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 Libraries and...
MAKING SEED SAVERS REGISTER COULD SLASH THE SAVING OF SEEDS! – Petition
An obligation for seed savers to officially register? Who would get engaged in conserving diversity if a registration was needed and a long list of administrative tasks were to be worked through? If prices of seed and plantlets would therefore increase considerably?
Have your say: reform for plants produced by new breeding techniques
The European Commission has opened a public consultation until 22 October on new genomic techniques. This initiative will propose a legal framework for plants obtained by targeted mutagenesis and cisgenesis and for their food and feed products.
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.
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