Practical toolkit from Diversifood with building blocks, case examples and methods to run multi-actor participatory plant breeding projects that boost on-farm agrobiodiversity.
participatory plant breeding
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.
Radicchio: a success story of culinary breeding
The Culinary Breeding Network organizes activities to inspire connection and collaboration throughout the food system, in order to improve plant breeding for organic farming. Among these activities was a trip to Italy, visiting the places where radicchio – the most famous form of plant Chicorium intybus – originates from.
Seed Saving for Local Adaptation
The Norwegian Seed Savers will soon be hosting a webinar on Seed Saving for Local Adaptation with Dr. Bradley Tonnesen, who comes recommended courtesy of the Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance. Dr. Bradley Tonnesen holds a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Colorado State...
Farmers’ Seeds awarded to the Stars of Europe “Étoiles de l’Europe”
The European project DIVERSIFOOD on participatory breeding and farmer seeds, coordinated by Véronique Chable of INRA and in partnership (among others) with KAOL KOZH (on cabbage) has just been awarded by the Minister of Research and the CEO of INRA last Tuesday at the...
