Governments advance discussions on a multilateral mechanism to share benefits from the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources.
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Remarks by Commissioner Stella Kyriakides at the Agrifish Council - Plant and Forest Reproductive Material
Two newly released JRC reports describe case studies of how crops developed through gene editing could become celiac-safe or resistant to disease and allow...
In 2003, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada published “Seed that give. Participatory plant breeding,” synthesizing the achievements and lessons learned of the first 10 (pioneering)...
Today, the Commission adopted a package of measures for a sustainable use of key natural resources, which will also strengthen the resilience of EU food systems and farming.
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Controlling pests that damage crops and plants is necessary both to safeguard food security and to ensure viable income to farmers for their production. This needs to be done while...
This workshop report summarises the presentations at a workshop for Parties to the Nagoya Protocol organised by the EU in Brussels in November 2017.
The development of agroecosystems that can provide multiple ecosystem services with a reduced need of external inputs, requires management practices that foster ecological processes to enhance soil quality...
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Conservation of fruit and vegetable biodiversity and consumption of diverse diets are sub-optimal.
Agrobiodiversity and nutrition are linked through food availability, access, conservation, and...
The SoWPGR-2 identifies the significant achievements in conservation and use of plant genetic diversity during the past decade and highlights the critical gaps and emerging challenges in this area. It emphasises...