The 2020 edition of BIOFACH is around the corner and we will be there to present our work at the BIOFACH Congress. If you’re planning to attend the yearly get-together of the organic sector, then you could consider joining our event “Organic seed and organic heterogeneous material in the new EU Organic Regulation“, taking place
LIVESEED partners produced a series of practical videos throughout the summer. Common bunt management RSR and ÖMKi interviewed Common bunt (Tilletia caries) expert Anders Borgen from Agrologica (DK) on how to control Common bunt in organic, including how to spot the infection, how to control primary infection and seed infection, and how to combine varieties
An international team of young and senior scientists proposed novel concepts and tools to predict seed vigor and plant robustness. Scientific concepts are based on the crucial role of alternative respiration for plant holobiont stress responses. This study was coordinated by Birgit Arnholdt-Schmitt (University of Évora) including results of the LIVESEED project and the international
LIVESEED project partner ITAB Institute just released a brand new webpage on common bunt management. Previously available in French only, thanks to the commitment of ITAB’s Stéphanie Klaedtke, this very useful piece of information has now been translated into English and thus made available to a much broader public. The webpage, hosted by ITAB’s website,
The LIVESEED project published new reports and results from its research and activities. Political obstacles to the implementation of the rules on organic seed We analysed political obstacles to the implementation of the Rules on Organic Seed. The Report on Political Obstacles and Bottlenecks on the Implementation of the Rules for Organic Seed in the
On 2 and 4 October, LIVESEED national workshops took place in Bulgaria and Greece. The workshops focused on the regulation and policy framework regarding production, use and transparency on the availability of organic seed. The LIVESEED partners, including Bionext, the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL Germany) and IFOAM EU organised the workshop in Sofia
AEGILOPS – The Greek Network for Biodiversity and Ecology in Agriculture, partner of the LIVESEED project, organised an open field day on 9 June 2019 to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of its activities. The event, held at LOTUS – Organic Research Farm in the village of Ano Lehonia, near Volos, was dedicated to “Modern trends
The 2nd European Agroecology Forum was held in Iraklion, Greece, on 26-28 September 2019 and LIVESEED took the chance to be there and showcase its activities. Besides the display of a poster on the apple task “Perspectives on European apple breeding and propagation under the frame of LIVESEED project”, a workshop on “Genetic Biodiversity in
The 3rd LIVESEED cross-visit was hosted by the Louis Bolk Institute in cooperation with Bionext, and focused on organic seed production of vegetable crops and potatoes. From 30 September to 3 October 2019, a multi-actor expert team, consisting of farmers, breeders, seed producers, researchers, and trainers participated from across Europe, especially from countries where organic seed production is less
On 1 August 2019, a workshop focusing on soil management, organic seed, organic EU-regulation, especially regarding the mandatory database, took place in Lithuania, Ukmergė district. Xenia Gatzert from FiBL participated in the event, on behalf of LIVESEED. She introduced the project, talked about the issues of organic seed production in Europe, the current state of databases
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