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Implementing the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) in light of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP)
Briefing Paper This briefing paper explains how the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP) complements and strengthens implementation of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and...
Guide to EU Seed Policy 2023 – Seeding Europe
SEEDING EUROPE (ERASMUS+ project) This guide explains the EU policy and legal framework that affects seeds, cultivated biodiversity and seed-related activities. Developed within the SEEDING EUROPE (ERASMUS+) project, it aims to raise awareness and build the capacity...
The Global Plan of Action of the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: what happened in Rome
In our previous post we wrote that EC-LLD was heading to the FAO in Rome for the revision of the Global Plan of Action (GPA) for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture - the main international framework guiding how countries conserve and use cultivated...
9 key-concepts for food diversity
Collective DIVERSIFOOD publication defining nine key concepts to guide embedding crop diversity and multi-actor innovation for resilient, locally adapted high-quality food systems.
DIVERSIFOOD Report: Community Seed Banks in Europe
Report of a DIVERSIFOOD survey and Rome workshop (Sept 2017) mapping 84 European community seed banks: their diversity, activities (conservation, seed exchange, training, PPB), challenges (funding, capacity, regulation) and strategies (networking, advocacy).
Building stronger producer-consumer relationships to escape the mono-crop farming model
Examines how CSA, LSPA and PGS strengthen producer-consumer ties to support on-farm seed production, agroecological practices and cultivated biodiversity, linking seed sovereignty to food sovereignty.
Granollers Manifesto now available in 9 languages
Our colleague María Carrascosa from Red de Municipios por la Agroecología has shared with us the updated version of the Granollers Manifesto, now available in 9 languages. Access it through the link in this post.
EU Agriculture Ministers Restrict Farmers’ Rights
ARCHE NOAH warns: Council position hands more power to seed industry! An effective ban on the work of small cereal breeders, prohibitions on farmer seed exchange, and a bureaucratic nightmare for local seed producers. Today’s General Approach on the proposed new EU Seed Law adopted by the Council of Agriculture Ministers threatens agrobiodiversity and plays into the hands of the agrochemical lobby.
New paper on consequences of deregulation on the seed sector
Our colleagues at IG Saatgut have shared with us a summary of their latest position paper on NGTs. You can find the summary paper in this post.
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