Con il primo incontro svoltori ad Atene prende il via il progetto CAPSELLA in cui siamo conivolti insieme con Scuola di Studi Superiori Sant’Anna di Pisa e che opererà sulla agrobiodiversità insieme con attori delle tecnoligie dell’informazione (Information and Communication Technology – ITC)
Di seguito prima newsletter del progetto DIVERSIFOOD
DIVERSIFOOD High quality food systems – Newsletter #1
Lo scienziato italiano Salvatore Ceccarelli, che da molti anni dedica la sua ricerca allo sviluppo delle aree agricole più disagiate nel mondo e ai piccoli agricoltori dI Paesi spesso dilaniati dalla guerra, e l’organizzazione no profit Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance, fondata da pescatori della costa Nord Est degli Stati Uniti per promuovere iL patrimonio marino come bene comune del pianeta, sono i vincitori, ex aequo, della 1^ edizione del Bologna Award – International Substainability and Food Award il Premio internazionale “Città di Bologna” per la sostenibilità agroalimentare ideato e promosso da CAAB, Centro Agroalimentare di Bologna, in sinergia con l’Amministrazione Comunale di Bologna e la Regione Emilia Romagna.
Salvatore Ceccarelli ha poi donato il premio in denaro previsto a Rete Semi Rurali (Italia) e Senesta (Iran) per le loro attività di con popolazioni evolutive di frumento tenero, frumento duro e orzo.
The Humane Earth Foundation is pleased to announce that the 2015 Vegetable Free Breeding Prize has been awarded to:
Cedric Godbert, a French professional gardener installed in the Loire Valley, for his round white zucchini
Ruurd Walrecht, a Dutch “amateur” gardener living in Sweden, for his sugarcorn adapted to the Scandinavian climate
This prize has been awarded by an international Panel of Judges composed of Véronique Chable (INRA), Bernard Charret (Les Chandelles Gourmandes), Ananda Guillet (Kokopelli), Edith Lammerts van Bueren (Louis Bolk Institute), Imane Lauraux (Lo’13’To) and Amadeus Zschunke (Sativa).
Launch of ORC Wakelyns Population at National Organic Combinable Crops (NOCC15)
The Organic Research Centre has pioneered an evolutionary breeding programme to produce a hugely diverse population of wheat suited to organic and low-input farming systems. This year, for the first time, ORC is marketing it as ORC Wakelyns Population.
Populations are genetically diverse. All plants are genetically distinct while all of those in standard pureline varieties are almost identical. This means that populations are better able to adapt to unpredictable environments, including weather and pest/disease pressures.
Special Issue, 7 May 2015
Editorial
APBREBES Working Paper #1: Global, Profitable, Secret? DNA Fingerprints for Enforcement of UPOV’s Plant Variety Protection
According to the UPOV Conventions, it is up to member states to provide for appropriate legal remedies for the effective enforcement of the Conventions. But UPOV member states are being expected to play a crucial role in providing expensive technical and administrative infrastructure, as well as legally questionable confidentiality arrangements, in order to enable already powerful seed companies to enforce royalty income on the basis of evidence from DNA fingerprints of suspected seeds or plant material.
