The European Commission is preparing a practical guide on the full range of European funding available for research, development and innovation.

In 2007, the European issued a Communication on how to make the results from European Community-funded research available to all.

The place and the forms of Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB) in France

Véronique Chable and Guy Kastler

If awareness of the varietal needs of Organic Farming has been convenient for certain breeding activities of some seed companies, it has also stimulated numerous initiatives for the conservation of biodiversity and for the breeding of traditional peasant varieties, restoring to our plant heritage its capacity to evolve with the “terroir” (combination of soil, climate and man). Public and private research has invested in varying degree in this return to dynamic varietal management by and with the farmers. These experiments, as diversified as the varieties they involve, have taken the name of “participatory plant breeding”.

On the 2nd of November, the FSFE and M6-IT organised a capacity building session for CSOs, taking place in The Hub in London.

Les appels à projets PICRI du Conseil Régional Ile-de-France s’adressent aux acteurs académiques et aux membres de la société civile organisée désireux de mener ensemble, sur la base du volontariat, des travaux de recherche dont les retombées peuvent s’avérer importantes en région Ile-de-France.