Promoting Organic Plant Breeding in Europe

Promoting Organic Plant Breeding in Europe
Project Newsletter February 2016

Editorial

Dear Reader,

We invite you to join our networking activities and to tell us about best practices of breeding organic plant varieties, cultivating them or turning them into delicious food. Our project is not big, but we are happy to contribute to the important work of an international and diverse network of people that are dedicated to take care of the basis of our food system: Seed, plant varieties suited for organic farming and agro-biodiversity.

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In commercio per la coltivazione 2 nuove varietà di mais OGM

Facendo seguito alle nostre precedenti comunicazioni, si informa che nel corso del “Comitato permanente piante, animali, alimenti e mangimi” del 27 gennaio u.s., ancora una volta gli Stati membri non sono pervenuti al raggiungimento di una maggioranza qualificata pro o contro l’autorizzazione per l’immissione in commercio per la coltivazione delle sementi di due nuove varietà di mais OGM, sulla base delle seguenti proposte della Commissione:

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Apbrebes – Updates on Plant Variety Protection issue # 26, 13 december 2016

Apbrebes – Updates on Plant Variety Protection issue # 26, 13 december 2016

Updates on Plant Variety Protection

Issue #26, 13 December 2016

 

Editorial

 APBREBES report on UPOV’s 2016 Autumn Session

 IP Watch: Panel Explores Relation Between Plant Breeders’ Convention and Plant Treaty

 Recommendations of the Global Consultation on Farmers’ Rights, held 27th to 30th September in Indonesia

 Publications

 GRAIN (2016) New Trade Deals Legalise Corporate Theft, Make Farmers’ Seeds Illegal

 Shalini Bhutani (2016): Intellectual Property Rights Policy Fails to Address Farmers’ Rights and Needs

 Claire H. Luby, Irwin L. Goldman (2016): Freeing Crop Genetics through the Open Source Seed Initiative

 Subscription, Feedback & Contact

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