June 5, 2020

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Nigeria seeds new hope for vulnerable smallholders

June 3, 2020

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How does the European Patent Office's opinion G 3/19 (Pepper) on patentability of plants and animals affect South Africa (International Law Office)

May 26, 2020

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Pandemics aren’t limited to people: How the world’s most famous seed vault defends plants against their next big outbreak (The  Counter)

May 22, 2020

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Pulse champions and smart seed innovations boost farmers’ incomes and resilience

May 19, 2020

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COVID-19: Rapid assessments highlight immediate impacts on seed sector
Covid-19: Voedseltekort dreigt zonder direct ingrijpen in zaadsector ontwikkelingslanden

May 18, 2020

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The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the Global Seed Vault
Il Trattato Internazionale e il Deposito Globale di Semi delle Isole Svalbard

May 15, 2020

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US, Kenya free-trade agreement could end run African nation’s ‘entrenched’ anti-GMO interests (Genetic Literacy Project / AgriPulse)

May 14, 2020

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Why Ethiopia needs to embrace gene-modification technology (Ethiopia Observer)

May 13, 2020

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Mark Schermer, Head of Syngenta Flowers EAME about the COVID-19 crisis: ‘Now it is most important to support our customers’

May 8, 2020

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African Seed Trade Association and Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa recommend unrestricted movement of seed across the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) region to enhance food production (Chronicle)

Africa - Cross border movement restrictions hits regional seed supply chain (Business Times)

April 29, 2020

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Latest statement from the World Seed Partnership partners

April 28, 2020

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Supercharging the next generation of climate-smart crops in Sub-Saharan Africa - EUR 20 million project to boost genebanks’ efforts to conserve and share samples of key staple crops will drive climate resilient and diversified food production

April 27, 2020

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Human activities are the No.1 contributors for the globalization of plant pests

April 23, 2020

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Gene editing will revolutionize crop breeding in Africa, new paper predicts

April 22, 2020

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GE crops yielded massive economic and environmental benefits

April 21, 2020

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Global Report on Food Crises reveals scope of food crises as COVID-19 poses new risks to vulnerable countries - Annual report on acute food insecurity and malnutrition published today

Joint statement on COVID-19 impacts on food security and nutrition - FAO, IFAD, the World Bank and WFP on the occasion of the Extraordinary G20 Agriculture Minister's Meeting

International Seed Federation - Seed movement during the COVID-19 pandemic: a video Q&A with Szabolcs Ruthner, Regulatory Affairs Executive, and Rose Souza Richards, Seed Health Manager

April 17, 2020

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International Seed Federation response to the Call to Action by the Food and Land Use Coalition

A call to action for world leaders: Preventing a global food security crisis while combatting COVID-19 (The Food and Land Use Coalition)

Relying on “local food” is a distant dream for most of the world
Lähiruoka on enemmistölle sula mahdottomuus

New report looks at food crises in the time of COVID-19 - 2020 edition of The Global Report on Food Crises will be released 21 April - Describes the scale of acute hunger as implications of COVID-19 pandemic for food security begin to be felt

April 16, 2020

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Concerned experts ask world leaders to head off a global food security crisis from COVID-19 - The number of the world’s hungry could double and trade restrictions will harm food importing nations, experts say

April 15, 2020

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Don’t forget about the impact of COVID-19 on the rural poor and on food security - The Scaling Up community of practice discusses challenges and opportunities for an improved “new normal” for agriculture, research and development

April 14, 2020

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Hari Upadhyaya: The fearless breeder in the genebank, recipient of the inaugural Crop Trust Legacy Award

April 8, 2020

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COVID-19 should not lead to food crisis in Africa: Smallholder farmers are our lifeline

Continuous adoption of GE crops confirms that coexistence is attainable

April 7, 2020

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Safeguarding the food chain: Seed movement and food security during the COVID-19 crisis - An update from the International Seed Federation

April 6, 2020

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CIOPORA requests UPOV Member States to implement support measures for breeders amid COVID-19 crisis
CIOPORA solicita a los Estados Miembros de UPOV que implementen medidas de apoyo a los obtentores debido a la crisis por el COVID-19