This is the 5th conference of the EUCARPIA Organic and Low Input Section since its estab-lishment in 2007, which addresses issues relevant to plant breeding for organic and low-input agriculture.
The event also hosts the final scientific conference of the Horizon 2020-funded project LIVESEED “Boosting Organic Seed and Plant Breeding Across Europe” that runs from 2017 to 2021, together with relevant sister-projects BRESOV and ECOBREED, and two projects of the Latvian National Fundamental and Applied Research Program.
TOPICS:
Exploring underutilized genetic resources
Breeding for diversity
Breeding for culinary and nutritional quality
Living soil – plant interactions
Organic production of high quality & healthy seed
Multi-actor & participatory approaches
Socio-economic analysis of seed systems
Market & consumers aspects
Regulatory & policy opportunities
Sustainability assessment