Bioverita (CH) lists the most important organic breeders in Europe as well as varieties from organic cereal, vegetable and fruit breeding, and provides a platform for organic product processors and traders interested in organic breeding.
Engagement.Biobreeding (EU) promotes novel financial concepts and fair value chain partnerships in different regions of Europe for boosting organic breeding growth.
EUCARPIA (EU) aims to promote scientific and technical co-operation in the field of plant breeding in order to foster its further development.
ICROFS - International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems (DK) contributes to further development of a market-driven and competitive organic sector and thereby supports a continuous growth in the Danish organic sector.
IFOAM Seeds Platform is a self-organised Sector Platform connecting individuals and organisations to advance seed and plant breeding topics in organic agriculture.
Kultursaat e.V. (DE) contributes to the conservation and development of vegetable varieties, disseminates variety developments and conducts breeding research.
Lebende Samen - Living Seeds e.V. (DE) initiates research projects in the Mediterranean that aim at breeding nutritious and resistant organic plants for healthy yields.
NORSØK - Norwegian Centre for Organic Agriculture (NO) gains knowledge for increasing the sustainability of agriculture and society.
OSA - Organic Seed Alliance (US) advances ethical seed solutions to meet food and farming needs in a changing world.
ReinSaat (AT) develops open-pollinated vegetable crops that are adapted to organic and regional farming conditions for commercial cultivation as well as amateur vegetable growers.
Projects
ECOBREED (2018 - 2023) improves the availability of seeds and varieties suitable for organic and low-input production.
BRESOV (2018 - 2022) enhances the productivity of broccoli, snap bean and tomato in organic and sustainable farming.
LIVESEED (2017 - 2021) boosts organic seed and plant breeding across Europe and encourages greater use of organic seeds by organic farmers.
ReMIX (2017 - 2021) redesigns European cropping systems based on species MIXtures.
DIVERSIFOOD (2015 - 2019) enriches the diversity of cultivated plants within diverse agroecosystems.
INSUSFAR (2015 - 2018) develops innovative approaches to optimise genetic diversity for sustainable farming systems of the future.
Wheatamix (2014 - 2018) studies the interest of mixing wheat varieties to reinforce the sustainability of agricultural production in the Paris Basin, in the context of global changes.
HealthyMinorCereals (2013 - 2018) analyses and improves minor cereal crops for human nutrition in Europe.