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Participate in seed supplier & breeder survey

As a seed supplier or breeder you are invited to participate in a survey on the status quo of organic seed production in Europe. LIVESEED is aiming to reach seed producer, trader and breeder of organic and conventional seed in Europe and Switzerland, to get a better idea of the current status and motivations in seed produciton. Information on the survey: The survey is divided in two parts. In the first part we are interested in your evaluation on opportunities, risks and challenges towards organic seed production and breeding. In the second part we are aiming to collect missing data

Vitalis Open days 2018

The organic seed producer, and LIVESEED partner, Vitalis presents his demofields with the complete field programme, standard and new varieties of: lettuce, endive, cauliflower, leek, fennel, pumpkin, radish and more. You are invited to visit the demofields. They are open from Tuesday 25th until Friday 28th of September. Please make an appointment beforehand. More information is available on their homepage

Apply for call for Organic Innovations, before September 15

Like in the past years, TP Organics launches a Call for Organic Innovations to collect solutions that contribute to the transformation of European food & farming systems, based on organic and agroecological principles. Such solutions should contribute to one of the following goals that TP Organics wants to see achieved by 2030: 50% of European farmland managed according to organic and agroecological principles; 75% pesticide reduction; Increase in (on-farm) biodiversity; 100% animal welfare; 50% food waste reduction and 100% sustainalbe diets. These goals are part of the Mission, that TP Organics has proposed to be funded by Horizon Europe, the EU’s Framework

Visit for fruit experts at PomaCulta breeding station in Hessigkofen (CH), 5 September 2018

Fruit experts are invited to the breeding station of PomaCulta in Hessigkofen, Switzerland. on Wednesday 5th September from 14 -16.30 h. The apple plantation with the different selections will be visited and explained. Please register beforehand, more information can be found in the invitation. The event is planned in German language but on demand translation into English or French will be possible.

International Exhibition for Ecological Agriculture in Bacau (RO), 20 – 23 September 2018

It is a great pleasure to invite you to International Exhibition for Ecological Agriculture ECO-INT 2018 NATURAL TASTE, 2nd Edition. The fair will take place on 20 – 23 September 2018 in Bacau, Romania The show includes conferences as well as workshops, discussions, gastronomical contest with ecological food. Topics to be discussed are “Organic Agriculture – National and International Realities and Opportunities” and ”How to Become a Farmer in Organic Farming”. The vision for the Natural Taste event is to become a tradition and emblem of an exhibition exclusively dedicated to organic farming, organized in Romania in partnership with the

Participate in Survey: State of Organic Apple Breeding

For the purpose of networking and information exchange we initiated  an online survey which you are invited to respond. This survey will be a major input to the state of art of organic apple breeding in Europe and your views will be highly valuable. During the first year of LIVESEED project, we started to build an Apple Breeders’ Network in order to disseminate and share related  information. We tried to  collect and share knowledge about the  priorities of apple breeding in each country, methodologies used, cultivar testing protocols, cultivars and rootstocks been tested and any results or succesful examples existed

Start of the ECOBREED project

PRESS RELEASE from ECOBREED consortium: JUNE 2018  With the kick-off meeting held from 27 to 28 June 2018 in Ljubljana, the five year project ECOBREED funded by Horizon 2020 programme, has been officially launched. The project will develop (a) methods, strategies and infrastructures for organic breeding, (b) varieties with improved stress resistance, resource use efficiency and quality and (c) improved methods for the production of high quality organic seed. Activities will focus on four crop species i.e. wheat (both common Triticum aestivum L. and durum Triticum aestivum L., T. durum L.), potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), soybean (Glycine max (L). Merr),

LUPIN field visit with FiBL in Fribourg-Vaud (CH), 5 July 2018

The organic research institute FiBL organises organic field visits to lupin trials. On 5 July 2018 5 different locations will be visited to evaluated the performance of the different cultivars and conditions. Within LIVESEED one specific task is dedicated to breeding white lupin for better adaptation to organic farming. For more information (in French) click the picture.

Organic horticultural day at CREA Monsampolo, (Italy) 5 July 2018

On 5 July 2018 researchers meet stakeholders for the innovation of organic horticulture in Italy. Open day at CREA-OF Monsampolo (Italy), where participatory breeding is underway on a MAGIC population of tomatoes developed for organic condition in cooperation with seed company ISI Sementi. CREA Monsampolo is a LIVESEED partner engaging with participatory organic tomato breeding, in cooperation with ISI sementi. For more info read the program or contact gabriele.campanelli [at] crea.gov.it. (click on the picture for more information in Italian)  

Exchange to learn about organic seed production

For 3 Days participants exchanged knowledge about organic seed production in Maisse, France ( 4- 7 June 2018). The organic seed producer UBIOS opened its doors to 20 participants from all over Europe. ITAB invited seed producers from Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Hungary, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece which had the chance to visit the seed cleaning station, talk to farmers who produce cereal seeds and to share their knowledge with each other. The practice of one young famer to use intercropping in seed production (faba bean x wheat) was inspiring. The concept of these Cross-Visits is to enable mutual learning

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