Organic farming dependency on conventional seeds and propagation materials

The overall objective of workpackage 5 is to facilitate the reduction of the use of seeds and vegetative propagation materials from conventional sources in organic farming in Europe and to support the EU Commission in the further development of the organic seed regime.

More specifically workpackage 5 aims to:

To provide knowledge to overcome problems related to seed born diseases in cereals, legumes and vegetables
To provide knowledge to overcome problems related to selection of varieties with sufficient quality characteristics for organic farming
To develop decision criteria and recommendations for the derogation regime on seed and propagation materials in EEC Reg. 2092

Project reports

The reports are available as PDF files

Report on seed born diseases in organic seed and propagation material D 5.1

Report on quality characteristics of varieties to be used in organic farming (D 5.2)

Report on criteria list and evaluation guide for derogation regime (D 5.3)

Expected results

A report on seed born diseases in organic seed and propagation material

A report on the importance of quality characterising in organic seed and propagation material

A report on criteria list and evaluation guide for derogation regime

For more information please contact

Cristina Micheloni, AIAB (WP manager)

Gerhard Plakolm, BAL (WP co-manager)