The Living Lab VASO: Cultivating the Future of Organic Farming in Portugal
The Living Lab VASO has his origin in 1984, where Participatory Plant Breeding on maize started in Sousa Valley Region and latter on developed to include not only farmers and breeders but also other actors essential for the network of value can be successful. An...
Workshop on Implementing Plant-Microbe Interactions in Plant Breeding
On July 19th, 2024, thirty participants from thirteen countries gathered in Tulln, Austria, for the 4th Workshop on Implementing Plant-Microbe Interactions in Plant Breeding. This workshop, was held as a satellite event to the miCROPe symposium in Vienna. The...
Promoting organic farming with KIS Living Lab in Slovenia
Launch of the Living Lab In June 2024, the Agricultural Institute of Slovenia (short name: KIS) organised a kick-off event for the establishing of the “KIS Living Lab”. The Living Lab will focus on organic and local varieties of buckwheat, wheat, potatoes and beans...
Policy updates on PRM Marketing and NGTs
This is a follow-up to the article in LiveSeeding’s Newsletter #3, Policy updates on PRM marketing and NGTs , published in May 2024. Since then, several steps have been made in the discussion on the PRM and NGT files, mainly in the EU Council. Reform of the seed...
