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.
Farmers’ rights
FARMER-MANAGED SEED SYSTEMS, COMMUNITY SEED BANKS AND FARMERS’ RIGHTS – A SYNTHESIS
Synthesis on farmer-managed seed systems and community seed banks: their importance for seed security, legal and policy barriers, and a policy agenda to realize Farmers’ Rights.
Strengthening Community Seed Banks and Sustainable Seed-Saving Practices in Europe (KA210-ADU-1727BE52) Community Seed Bank Labs WS 3
Community Seed Bank Labs – Workshop funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ project Seeds of Growth (Project ID: KA210-ADU-1727BE52).
Presentation on EU and international policy frameworks for community seed banks, covering access to germplasm, EU seed/PRM rules, DUS/VCU, heterogeneous materials, benefit-sharing and practical implications for CSB governance and sustainability.
Seed Markets, Agroecology, and the Right to Food
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...
Supporting seed diversity for resilient EU agriculture: A policy perspective
Policy brief recommending PRM reform and CAP/Horizon support to enable proportionate seed rules, recognise community seed custodians, fund participatory breeding and knowledge platforms to strengthen EU seed diversity and resilience.
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.
Defend farmers’ seed rights – reach out to EU lawmakers!
The EU Commission’s proposed seed law is a threat to farmers’ right to seeds and biodiversity in the EU. European agriculture ministers and the EU parliament must be convinced to protect farmers rights and defend the conservation and sustainable use of local varieties.
Call for urgent and important changes to the EU seed regulation proposal
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.
Press Release of DiverSeedPaths International Farmers’ Seeds Gathering
A press release issued by DiverSeedPaths after their Internationas Farmers’ Seed Gathering: Sow Your Resistance
CSA Facing Challenges and Building Solidarity
URGENCI is looking for volunteers in a range of roles to help organise its 2025 International Symposium
