No Patents on Seeds! has recently published a report with a proposal to amend the law to breeders’ access to biological material. We share the report here.
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LiveSeeding Online Event 17-09-2025 (Tomorrow!)
This event is targeted at all actors along the organic seed supply chain, including authorities, control bodies, food processors, and traders. Join us for a unique opportunity to connect, exchange knowledge, and actively shape the future of organic seed use in Europe!
Training on organic breeding
A free online course on organic breeding in 5 separate modules
Municipalities: Fostering Cultivated Biodiversity through Local Food Policies
An invitation-only event for EU municipalities that are interested or active in integrating agrobiodiversity in municipal actions.
EUCARPIA – LiveSeeding Conference
An event aimed at discussing innovative breeding strategies for organic and agroecological farming
EU plant breeders up against patents by the multinationals
More and more plant breeding material in the EU is getting patented by multinationals giants, a development that poses costs and hurdles for those small breeders that are working to maintain agrobiodiversity, a means of resilience in the face of climate change.
How to implement UNDROP across Europe
ECVC policy brief “How to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP) at the European and national level to promote peasants’ rights”
Living Labs Workshop and Ghent Group Annual Meeting
Living Labs Workshop (for beginners to experienced) and Ghent Group Annual Meeting
Online talk for media and experts on opposing EU patent for maize
An online talk for media, experts and NGOs in the context of a hearing on opposition to a patent on maize with cold resistance.
Moving toward 100% organic seed use in German organic agriculture
A new academic paper was published in journal Organic Farming and is available as Open Access online: Trends in use of crop cultivars from organic and conventional seed multiplication: Moving toward 100% organic seed use in German organic agriculture. ABSTRACT In...
