Plant breeding innovation is essential for sustainable agriculture. It is a natural step to help us ensure food quality, reduce crop loss and food waste, and address tomorrow’s agri-food challenges.

Last week, UC Davis European Plant Breeding Academy (PBA) graduated the fourth class with a session in Davis, California.  Over last two years, during the six sessions held in Enkhuizen, The Netherlands;  Angers, France;  Gatersleben, Germany;  Gent, Belgium;  Almeria, Sp

Brussels, 29 June 2017 - European Seed Association welcomes restriction as bringing legal certainty and supporting breeders access to genetic diversity

52 countries worldwide celebrated this year’s Fascination of Plants Day on 18 May.

On April 28 the High Level Group of the Commission's Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM) has published an independent Explanatory Note on ‘New Techniques in Agricultural Biotech

The governing body of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) adopted a new International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) on 6 April 2017.

ESA European Seed Association (www.euroseeds.eu) is recruiting a Manager Public Affairs to work full time at the ESA General Secretariat’s office in Brussels, Belgium.

The Agri-Food Chain Coalition (AFCC) is a joint initiative created in 2014 representing 13 leading industry associations across the agri-food chain, united in their call for sustainable, solution-orientated and innovative policies that benefit the EU and beyond.

Together with other 14 associations, ESA is proudly a partner organisation of the EIPIN project.

UC Davis Plant Breeding Academy (PBA) is a professional certificate program offered since 2006 with classes in USA, Europe, Africa and Asia.

According to research consultancy HFFA Research, the European Commission decision of 2013 to largely restrict the use of neonicotinoids resulted in severe economic losses for the European oilseed sector and also had clear negative environmental impact.

8 December 2016 - The fourth international ‘Fascination of Plants Day’ will be held on May 18^th 2017.

Press release: 4 November 2016, Brussels

The Commission clarifies that plants obtained by essentially biological processes should not be patentable under EU law.

ESA held its Annual Meeting on 9-11 October in Rome, Italy.

ESA held its Annual Meeting on 9-11 October in Rome, Italy. This year’s event again set a new record of attendance.

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ESA's contribution to Horizon2020 survey

Press Release: A new version of GlobalGAP, the world's leading farm assurance program, entered into force on July 1st with two new crop-based control points that ensure produce traceability and compliance with Intellectual Property (IP) laws.

Agriculture faces many challenges ranging from climate change to rising food demand due to population growth.

On June 2^nd, the European Technology Platform ‘Plants for the Future’ (Plant ETP), in collaboration with MEP Jasenko Selimović, organised the workshop “Food and Nutritional Security” at the European Parliament.

ESA’s quality assurance scheme for seed treatment and treated seed, the ‘European Seed Treatment Assurance’ (ESTA), continues expanding its position as a true EU standard with a sixth National Agent.