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Session 1
- Aim of the workshop and Introduction to the LIVESEED project
- State of the Art on the implementation of the regulation on organic seed in Northwestern Europe (by Maaike Raaijmakers and Niels Heining, Bionext)
- Status-quo on supply and demand of organic seed in Europe (by Freya Schäfer, FiBL Germany)
Session 2
- Smart practices, Denmark: Expert evaluation of varieties in seed database (by Tove Mariegaard Pedersen, Danish Agriculture& Food Council, SEGES Organic Innovation; Troels Battrup Andersen, Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark, The Danish Agricultural Agency)
- Examples of Best Practices Netherlands from the perspective of Bejo (by Bram Weijland, Bejo)
- Organization of the seed system in organic farming in France (By Mélanie VANPRAËT-HABY)
Session 3
- Organic Heterogeneous Material, what is it and what are the potential benefits for the organic sector? (By Matteo Petitti, Rete Semi Rurali)
- How to set up a National Annex (by Maaike Raaijmakers, Bionext)
- The EU legal framework – Update on Seeds in the New EU Organic Regulation (by Martin Sommer, IFOAM Organics Europe)
Session 5
- How to adapt the seed database to the new organic regulation (by Xenia Gatzert, FiBL Germany)
- EU-level Router Database (by Freya Schäfer, FiBL Germany)