On 9 May 2018 the carrot seeds were sown for a LIVESEED experiment on seed health and quality issues. The experiment is aimed to compare the performance of carrot seed lots infected with the Alternaria radicina fungus pathogen (causal agent of black rot). Three infected seed lots with different levels of seed vigour have been
This years’ Biodiversity Day at CREA Monsampolo agriculture research station, will be focusing on the importance of agricultural biodiversity for organic agriculture and human health. Speakers include Salvatore Ceccarelli (geneticist and plant breeder) and Gabriele Campanelli (organic agriculture researcher and breeder). During the day it will be possible to visit CREA gene bank and organic
Organic plant breeder Peter Kunz and FiBL invite you to their field day on organic grain legumes. Wednesday 6 June from 14 – 16h in Feldbach (Swiss) the fields with leguminoses mixed cropping and lupines are visited.
From 17 to 19 April 2018 the LIVESEED partners met in Valencia at the Polytechnic University of Valencia to discuss the project activities.
During the last months the project partners have visited Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Hungary, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania to understand, evaluate and analyse the current state of organic seed in the countries. National project partners have organised meetings with the ministry, certifiers, seed producers and organic farmers. Information has been exchanged on the practices, problems and
The abstract booklet of the joint meeting of the EUCARPIA Section, Organic and Low-Input Agriculture, ECO-PB, LIVESEED, INSUSFAR,DIVERSify, HealthyMinorCereals, ReMIX, and Wheatamix is published. From 19 to 21 February 2018 about 100 researchers and breeders met at University of Kassel,Witzenhausen, Germany. LIVESEED organised the breeders day with presentations of: Getreidezüchtungsforschung Darzau, Dottenfelderhof, Sativa, Bingenheimer Saatgut,
The leaflet of the LIVESEED leaflet is now available in these languages: English, Bulgarian, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish. Our aim is to promote the use of organic seed and improve the transparency and competitiveness of the organic seed and breeding sector. Read what LIVESEED does in your native language and
Greek partner of LIVESEED, AEGILOPS – Network for Biodiversity and Ecology in Agriculture organizes a workshop within the framework of the 27th Agrotica ( International Fair for Agricultural Machinery Equipment and Supplies ) at Thessaloniki , on Sunday 4.2.2018, from 16.30-19.00 pm, (N Germanos Congress Center, Hall D): “Present and future for organic seed
Port Townsend, WA – Organic Seed Alliance (OSA), along with co-hosts Washington State University, Oregon State University, and eOrganic, will hold the 9th Organic Seed Growers Conference in Corvallis, Oregon, from February 14-17, 2018. The conference features more than 60 experts in the fields of organic seed production, breeding, and policy. The gathering includes a full agenda
At the organic fair in Nuremberg form 14 – 17 February LIVESEED organises a workshop on organic seed use: Thursday 15th February 11 – 11.45h; Room Budapest. The workshop will be co-organised by IFOAM EU (Eric Gall) and Bionext (Maaike Raaijmakers). The workshop presents diverse situations regarding organic seed use and policy in EU countries
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