The new seed brochure Seed Markets, Agroecology, and the Right to Food - by Brot fuer die Welt and HEKS/EPER provides insights from an advocacy journey about the EU Seed Marketing Reform. The brochure addresses the link between seed laws, human rights, and sustainable...
Call for urgent and important changes to the EU seed regulation proposal, by 139 organisation and 170,000 citiziens. The proposal favours the interests of industrial agriculture over both the rights of farmers and the conservation of agrobiodiversity in the EU.
The document delves into crucial topics such as scope, definitions, rules for conservation organizations, and the exchange of Plant Reproductive Material (PRM) between farmers. Additionally, it discusses conservation varieties, Organic and Heirloom Material ((O)HM), obligations of professional operators, and governance. While not exhaustive, we believe it offers a valuable overview of the EP’s stance on these critical matters.
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Virtual workshop to discuss the EU seed law proposal and any advocacy opportunities for the agrobiodiversity community
An opportunity to go more in depth on the draft EU law on seed marketing and its impact on small-scale seed producers, featuring the screening of the short film “Seeds of Europe”
Cultivated diversity advocates write joint letter to the European Commission ahead of the EU Seed Marketing Legislation reform proposal
A discussion of the possible impacts of the proposed changes in the EU seed marketing and GMO legislations on our food, health, rights and the environment
The European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC) organises a hybrid event to discuss the potential implications on peasants' rights of two legislative proposals that are on the agenda of the College of European Commissioners on 7th June 2023: the exclusion of New...
This online workshop on perspectives from Germany on UNDROP and the EU seed marketing reform, is held in English and German. It aims to raise awareness of the upcoming reform of the European Union (EU) seed marketing legislation and to explore pathways to align it...
