December 23, 2019

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Improving soybean production in the Philippines (Panay News)

Pakistain - Seed intellectual property laws: setting the context (Business Recorder)

New Zealand - Allow gene editing, urges top plant biologist Paula Jameson as she retires from the University of Canterbury (Stuff)

December 19, 2019

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Farmers‘ Rights vs. Breeders‘ Rights during the negotiations at the 8th Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA)

December 12, 2019

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Quality seeds for Asian and African vegetable growers - Remarks presented by World Vegetable Center Director General Marco Wopereis during the 2019 World Food Prize Borlaug International Symposium, 16 October 2019, Des Moines, Iowa USA

December 11, 2019

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Global Food Security Index 2019 highlights the growing threat of climate change - Exposure to environmental factors such as land degradation and volatile climate patterns diminishing food security on a global scale

December 6, 2019

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"India needs a seed bill that serves the national interests," says the National Seed Association of India

India - A potential seedbed for private profits (The Hindu)

December 5, 2019

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How much will we eat in the future? Researchers at Göttingen University investigate relationship between our body size and human global calorie demand

India - The draft seeds bill favours the industry over farmers (Hindustan Times)

December 3, 2019

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Investments in climate services for agriculture and food security outweigh costs

Wild plants from four continents deliver climate change lifeline for xrops - Nearly 5,000 seed samples of crop wild relatives saved in challenging, six-year effort to secure the future of food

December 2, 2019

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The Philippines - Congress urged to strengthen PH's biotechnology center to ensure food security (Manila Bulletin)

New fee system for access to genetic resources discussed at FAO

November 29, 2019

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The case of the pirated blueberries: courts flex new muscle to protect plant breeders' intellectual property (The Conversation)

November 28, 2019

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India - The Seed Bill needs to be tweaked to better serve the interests of all stakeholders (The Hindu BusinessLine)

As climate change hits crops, debate heats up over use of plant gene data - Governments spar over how to share out benefits fairly from new high-tech methods to develop climate-resilient crops (ReliefWeb)

Tech for good: A plant breeder's journey (Forbes)

November 27, 2019

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UPOV Seminar on the Impact of Policy on Essentially Derived Varieties (EDVs) on Breeding Strategy

November 26, 2019

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Call for more seed companies to invest in Malaysia (Bernama)

Making seeds to withstand climate change is getting harder - Negotiations to strengthen an international treaty to develop hardier crops fell apart this month (Bloomberg)

November 25, 2019

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Fiddling in Rome? Reflections on the International Seed Treaty (Food Ethics Council)

November 22, 2019

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Azerbaijan - Use of new varieties and high-quality agricultural crops seeds can increase the yield in individual crops by 20-30 percent (AzerNews)

China's agricultural science performance ranks second in world (Xinhua Net)

November 20, 2019

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Global impact of virus diseases on multiple crops:

November 19, 2019

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International Seed Federation expresses disappointment over stalled negotiations on exchange of genetic resources

November 15, 2019

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Australia's amended Gene Technology Regulations to provide clarity to the seed industry

November 14, 2019

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New tool to help local crop varieties flourish - FAO publishes Voluntary Guidelines for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Farmers Varieties/Landraces

November 13, 2019

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From kale to Kathmandu - Sharing the knowledge we gain is an important and rewarding part of being a scientist

November 12, 2019

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APBREBES report from the 2019 UPOV Session