Seed & plant breeding

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16.06.20

Mapping organic livestock breeding in Europe

A new survey wants to map present breeding activities in Europe to improve networking and exchange.

28.04.20

Organic Farm Knowledge - A unique resource with tools for farmers across Europe

The online platform Organic Farm Knowledge (www.organic-farmknoweldge.org) intends to promote…

24.02.20

organicXseeds now also available in Denmark

The database organicXseeds is now online for Denmark.

26.07.18

The ruling by the European Court of Justice on gene-editing: an initial assessment by FiBL

On 25 July, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) published its ruling in the matter of an action…

11.07.18

First annual meeting of the European project ReMIX held in France

The ReMIX project, funded with 5 million € by the European Union in the framework of the Horizon…

13.02.18

Animal and plant breeding at BIOFACH 2018

At the special exhibition, the "Meeting Point Organic right from the start", FiBL has designed the…

30.10.17

Seed as a commons: Key for organic plant breeding - establishing alternatives to seed monopolies

Market concentration in the seed sector is growing incessantly. Demanding better seed policies is…

04.12.15

Dossier on plant breeding techniques re-edited

FiBL revised and expanded its dossier on plant breeding techniques in English due to the financial…

24.06.15

June 24-26, 2015: Eucarpia-COBRA-ECO-PB event on organic plant breeding in Munich, Germany

Register now for the Eucarpia-COBRA-ECO-PB event in Munich, Germany in June.

24.08.09

Seed Diversity in organic agriculture: FiBL feedback on Draft IFOAM Position

From August 25 to 28, 2009, the IFOAM Conference on Organic Animal and Plant Breeding is taking…
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Status	FiBL	Title	Start	End
ongoing	CH	Encouraging the cultivation of minor legumes in Switzerland through the development of innovative plant-based foods (LEGU4FOOD)	01.11.2024	31.10.2027
ongoing	CH	LupiSweet – Alkaloid monitoring in white lupin (LupiSweet)	01.01.2024	31.12.2027
ongoing	CH	Fruchtproduktion mit Terminkulturen bei Biohimbeeren und Bioerdbeeren	01.01.2024	31.12.2026
ongoing	CH	Benefits of organic breeding: taking stock and raising awareness (benefits.biobreeding)	01.11.2023	31.10.2026
ongoing	CH	Agrivoltaic (AgriSolar Forschung)	02.10.2023	31.12.2025
ongoing	DE	Develop roadmaps to improve the supply of organically produced seed and planting material until 2036 (RoadmapsOekoPVM)	01.09.2023	31.08.2026
ongoing	CH	Fababean and wheat intercropping in the Alpine region	01.01.2023	31.12.2026
ongoing	CH DE EU	Organic seed and plant breeding to accelerate sustainable and diverse food systems in Europe (LiveSeeding)	01.10.2022	30.09.2026
ongoing	CH	Co-constructing interactive short and mid-tier food chains to value agrobiodiversity in healthy plant- based food (DIVINFOOD)	01.03.2022	28.02.2027
ongoing	CH	Markets and Seeds Access Project for Small Grains and Legumes in Zambia and Zimbabwe (MASAP)	01.12.2021	30.11.2033
ongoing	CH	Consumption of Resilient Orphan Crops & Products for Healthier Diets (CROPS4HD)	01.07.2021
ongoing	CH	Network of farms committed to the non-use of phytosanitary treatments for seeds (Res0sem)	01.07.2021	31.12.2029
completed	CH	Breeding white lupin for resistance & quality for innovative Swiss food from sustainable, regional production (LUPINNO SUISSE)	01.03.2021	28.02.2025
completed	CH	Anbau- und Absatzförderung neuer Dinkelsorten (DAACH Dinkelsorten)	07.01.2021	31.12.2024
completed	CH	Control of the sanitary quality of cereal seeds (QualSanCé VD)	01.01.2021	31.12.2022
completed	CH	PROMISE – Sustainable protein supply with species mixtures in Switzerland – focus on pea and lentil (PROMISE)	01.02.2020	31.01.2024
completed	CH EU	Engagement of the organic value chain to support Organic Breeding in Europe (ENGAGEMENT.BIOBREEDING EUROPE)	01.09.2019	31.08.2022
completed	CH	Legumes Translated (Translating knowledge for legume-based farming for feed and food systems) (Legumes Translated)	01.11.2018	30.04.2022
completed	CH	Organic horticultural seeds	01.05.2018	31.12.2018
completed	CH	Breeding for Resilient, Efficient and Sustainable Organic Vegetable production (BRESOV)	01.05.2018	30.04.2023
completed	DE	Organisation und Durchführung der Öko-Feldtage 2019	01.03.2018	31.08.2019
completed	CH	Seeding the Green Future: Breeding for Securing Organic Cotton & Genetic Diversity Phase II (2018-2022) (SGF)	01.01.2018	30.06.2022
completed	DE	Entwicklung von Bildungsangeboten, um Brandenburger Kleingärtner für den Erhalt der Nutzpflanzenvielfalt zu gewinnen	01.01.2018	31.12.2018
completed	CH DE	LIVESEED - Improve performance of organic agriculture by boosting organic seed and plant breeding efforts across Europe (LIVESEED)	01.06.2017	30.09.2021
completed	CH	Seeding the Green Future: Breeding for Securing Organic Cotton & Genetic Diversity Phase I (Indian Cotton Season 2017/18) (SGF)	01.01.2017	31.03.2018
completed	AT	Biodiversitätsschulungen und Demonstrationsbetriebe 2016	01.09.2016	28.02.2018
completed	CH	Organic soya in Switzerland – Optimising the Swiss production chain from seeds to the final product (B3S)	01.01.2016	31.03.2019
completed	CH	Embedding crop diversity and networking for local high quality food systems (DIVERSIFOOD)	01.03.2015	28.02.2019
completed	CH DE	Support for organic plant breeding research (Support Pflanzenzüchtung)	01.10.2014	30.09.2019
completed	CH	Robust planting material from seeds to young plants - an implementation oriented chain approach (COST Bioseedling)	01.03.2014	28.02.2016
completed	CH	An integrated approach to diversify the genetic base, improve stress resistance, agronomic management and nutritional/processing quality of minor cereal crops for human nutrition in Europe (HEALTHYMINORCEREALS)	01.09.2013	31.08.2018
completed	CH	Coordinating Organic Plant Breeding Activities for Diversity (COBRA)	01.03.2013	28.02.2016
ongoing	CH	Decentralised farmers participatory identification and selection of cotton cultivars suitable to organic and Low-Input conditions in India (Green Cotton)	01.01.2013
ongoing	CH	Publication d’articles dans l’AGRI (Journal agricole principal de Suisse romande)	01.01.2013
completed	CH	Promotion of soybean cultivation in Switzerland by improved cultivars and cultivation techniques	01.01.2013	31.12.2015
completed	CH	Development of resistant potato varieties in Switzerland	01.01.2012	31.12.2020
completed	CH	Cotton Cultivar Evaluation for organic and low input farming in India (CCE)	01.06.2011	30.05.2017
ongoing	CH	European Consortium for Organic Plant Breeding (ECO-PB)	20.04.2011
completed	CH	Development of maize cultivars for organic agriculture – study of flower biology to optimize development of open pollinated populations	01.04.2011	31.03.2014
completed	CH	Expansion of soybean cultivation in Germany through breeding, agronomic optimization and processing technology; WP: Breeding for improved soybean-Bradyrhizobia symbiosis and N fixation under cool growing conditions (SOYA)	01.01.2011	31.12.2013
completed	CH	Influence of cropping system and cultivar on wheat quality (HPTLC Weizen)	01.01.2010	31.12.2012
completed	CH	Chances and potentials of various plant breeding techniques for organic farming (Züchtungsmethoden für den Ökolandbau)	01.01.2010	31.10.2011
completed	CH	Verhütung von Krähenfrass bei Körner- und Silomais	01.01.2010	31.12.2013
completed	CH	Overview of seed and plant breeding activities of Swiss organisations in developing countries with special focus on organic and low input farming	01.05.2009	31.12.2010
ongoing	CH	Coordination of plant breeding and variety testing for organic farming in Switzerland (Pflanzenzüchtung & Sortenprüfung – CH)	01.01.2009
completed	CH	Opportunities for farm seed conservation, breeding and production (FARMSEEDOPORTUNITIES)	01.01.2007	31.03.2010
completed	CH	Sicherstellung von biologischem Saat- und Pflanzgut: Verbesserung der Saat- und Pflanzgutgesundheit im Biogemüsebau (Saatgutgesundheit)	01.05.2006	01.05.2009
completed	CH	Saatgut ohne Gentechnik	01.01.2006	31.12.2006
ongoing	CH	Organic Seeds Service (Biosaatgutstelle)	01.01.2003
completed	CH	Saatgut Pathologie: Sicherstellung von biologischem Saat- und Pflanzgut: Verbesserung der Saat- und Pflanzgutgesundheit im Biogemüsebau	01.01.2003	31.12.2006
ongoing	CH	Produktion von Publikationen für Landwirte, Berater, Studenten und Konsumenten (Beratungs- und Bildungsunterlagen)
ongoing	CH DE	organicXseeds

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Seed & plant breeding

What FiBL is doing on this theme

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Mapping organic livestock breeding in Europe

Organic Farm Knowledge - A unique resource with tools for farmers across Europe

organicXseeds now also available in Denmark

The ruling by the European Court of Justice on gene-editing: an initial assessment by FiBL

First annual meeting of the European project ReMIX held in France

Animal and plant breeding at BIOFACH 2018

Seed as a commons: Key for organic plant breeding - establishing alternatives to seed monopolies

Dossier on plant breeding techniques re-edited

June 24-26, 2015: Eucarpia-COBRA-ECO-PB event on organic plant breeding in Munich, Germany

Seed Diversity in organic agriculture: FiBL feedback on Draft IFOAM Position

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