With the LIVESEED project coming to its end, a synthesis of all our results and recommendations have been compiled by the coordinators with the contributions of our work package leaders. The report first presents key results and innovations that allow boosting of organic seed and plant breeding. LIVESEED for the first time identified the use
We would like to invite you to the second ECOBREED Online Training on Advanced Genotyping, organized by the Tuscia University, Viterbo, Italy, the SAFE-Med and the ECOBREED project. The event will take place on June 21 through June 25, 2021. The training course will present an overview on the most common advanced techniques on genotyping
ECOBREED announced its first online training the “State-of-the-art tools and approaches in plant phenotyping“, which will take place on 24-25 May 2021 on the MS Teams application. Main purpose of the training is to present the research in the field of interdisciplinary automated plant phenotyping systems using a variety of sensors. Young researchers, scientists, breeders,
LIVESEED is organising an online (Zoom) workshop on the current organic seed market trends, the results of research on organic seed businesses and on the different policy measures to boost the production and use of organic seed. The event will take place on 2 June 2021, 10-12 AM (CET). Researchers from the LIVESEED consortium will
On 30 March, LIVESEED invited Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and their staff to attend a webinar to showcase the outcomes of the project and the relevance of the temporary experiment on organic varieties. This was one of the activities to explain outcomes of the LIVESEED project to politicians and enable them to consider
For information in Spanish, please click here. On 6-10 September, the organic movement will gather at the Organic World Congress 2021 (OWC 2021) to address questions around resilience, societal transformation, health and food sovereignty. The Organic World Congress will be an occasion for us to celebrate the diversity of culture, food, seed and methodologies. Join
May 5, 13:00-15:00 (Vienna time), virtual event Monitoring seed infection rates is the main control measure allowing for the management of common bunt in wheat and related cereals. This is true in general, and for organic farming in particular. Many European countries have specific requirements or norms to limit the presence of common bunt spores on
A series of online trainings are offered on the use of the EU Router Organic Seed Database. The trainings are free of charge and will be held by FiBL that developed the database. If you would like to get more information or participate in the trainings, please send a mail to Xenia.Gatzert@fibl.org. The platform can
A long-awaited solution for seed suppliers, European organic farmers, and national authorities has finally arrived. The new router database will increase the availability of seed of organic varieties and help increase the transparency of the European organic seed market. In the framework of the Horizon 2020 funded LIVESEED project, FiBL-Germany developed the EU-wide router database,
Even in this time of pandemics, the LIVESEED project will actively attend this year’s e-Special edition of BIOFACH. More specifically, it will be there with two sessions. New Plant breeding Techniques and Organic Farming On 17 February 2021, from 12:00 to 13:00 CET, the LIVESEED project will present its session on “New Plant breeding Techniques
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