Policy recommendations from the DIVERSIFOOD project to embed crop genetic diversity in food value chains, covering legal status of heterogeneous cultivars, CAP coherence, value chains, awareness and multi-actor research.
EU Seed Marketing Reform
Bureaucracy Against Biodiversity: How New Administrative Burdens in the EU PRM-Regulation Could Tighten Agro-Chemical Control Over Our Fields and Plates
ARCHE NOAH (May 2025) finds the proposed EU PRM Regulation would impose disproportionate administrative and testing burdens on small seed producers, risking loss of varieties and business closures; calls for exemptions and proportional rules.
Guide to EU Seed Policy 2023 – Seeding Europe
Practical guide to EU seed policy (May 2023): institutions, legal instruments, GMO and plant health rules, biodiversity, intellectual property and seed marketing, aimed at seed savers, NGOs and citizens.
Analysis of trilogue negotiations on plant reproductive material
Our colleagues at ARCHE NOAH have shared with us their analysis of the trilogue on PRM. We summarise the main points here and share information on the next online meeting.
Capacity Building on European Seed Policy and Legislation
DiverSeedPaths (Dec 2024) report on EU seed policy and the PRM marketing reform, analysing impacts on seed diversity and farmers’ rights and offering practical advocacy steps.
