ARCHE NOAH presents participatory tomato breeding work in Austria using open-source ToBRFV resistance, breeding objectives, patent challenges, available resistant materials, and planned resistance testing (2026–2027).
LLD2026
Plant Variety Protection in Europe – the Review Process – the Enforcement – the Free Trade Agreements
Presentation reviewing EU Plant Variety Protection (Council Reg. 2100/94), its review and enforcement issues, industry enforcement demands, and the role of UPOV in EU free trade agreements with examples from negotiations.
Plant variety protection, NGTs and patents: Updates on political debates and cooperation amongst organic breeders, growers and NGOs
Slide presentation (24 May 2026) by NO PATENTS ON SEEDS! summarising legal background, recent patents on classical breeding and NGTs, risks for breeders, and policy recommendations to clarify exclusion of classical breeding from patentability.
Breeding maize with PVP, patents and NGTs
Presentation on how PVP, patents and NGTs shape maize breeding, seed industry consolidation, barriers for small breeders (DUS/VCU, registration), and advocacy for breeders’ exemption, regional and community-supported breeding.
Deregulation of plants obtained by New Genomic Techniques – Update & Outlook
Presentation on EU deregulation of NGT plants: timeline, trilogue outcomes (NGT1 treated as conventional, limited labelling, no monitoring), pipeline and cultivation status, legal challenge options and suggested actions for NGOs, breeders and consumers.
Текущая ситуация по формированию семеноводства основанное на сообщество в Таджикистане
Presentation on community-based seed systems in Tajikistan: history, threats from hybrid imports, and proposals to establish community seed banks, promote farmer seed custodians (especially women), training and exchange activities.
E-school for para-legals on farmers’ seed – Republic of Moldova
Slide presentation on Moldova’s agricultural context and proposals to protect farmers’ seed rights through community seed banks, capacity building, and stronger international legal protections (ITPGRFA Art.9, UNDROP).
Towards Resilient Seed Systems: Gaps and Challenges in Integrating Formal and Farmers’ Seed Systems — Case of Armenia
Presentation on gaps and pathways to integrate formal and farmers’ seed systems in Armenia, highlighting regulatory, institutional and knowledge barriers and proposing policy recognition, support for local seeds, and collaboration.
On-farm agrobiodiversity in the Balkan region: from preservation to plant population development
Presentation describing Oct 2025–May 2026 activities to preserve Balkan agrobiodiversity: exhibitions, seed exchanges, a national plant genetic resources network, and trainings to establish local seed banks.
Seed stewardship – from isolation to a resilient population
Presentation on participatory plant population development and seed stewardship to increase crop genetic diversity and resilience in low-input Croatian farming.
