BIOFACH 2020

ECOBREED project can’t simply miss being at BIOFACH in Nuremberg, Germany. BIOFACH is the biggest business and congress fair with the focus on organic food in Europe. According to FIBL statistics, organic agricultural land in Europe reached an all-time high with 15.6 million ha and 0.4 million producers; the market exceeded 40.7 million EUR. This […]

ECOBREED project can’t simply miss being at BIOFACH in Nuremberg, Germany. BIOFACH is the biggest business and congress fair with the focus on organic food in Europe. According to FIBL statistics, organic agricultural land in Europe reached an all-time high with 15.6 million ha and 0.4 million producers; the market exceeded 40.7 million EUR.

This year we are positioned at NATURLAND’s stand in Halle 7a.

 

Workshop on the New Organic Regulation

Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council, that will be applied from 1 January 2021 on, defines for the first time the terms “organic variety suitable for organic production” and “organic heterogeneous material”. The two new proposed categories for the EU’s organic seed law could help to facilitate the use of […]

Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council, that will be applied from 1 January 2021 on, defines for the first time the terms “organic variety suitable for organic production” and “organic heterogeneous material”. The two new proposed categories for the EU’s organic seed law could help to facilitate the use of seeds that are better adapted to local conditions.

Representatives of Crop Research Institute, SELGEN, and SECOBRA attended a workshop, where the new options and adaptations for DUS and VCU testing of organic varieties were discussed with stakeholders and policymakers. The workshop took place in Brussels on February 4th, 2020 and was organised by H2020 projects LIVESEED and INVITE.

How important is the genetic diversity for the agriculture?

Pavol Hauptvogel and René Hauptvogel, representing the ECOBREED’s partner National and Agricultural Food Centre (NPPC), explained why it is important to save the genetic diversity for agriculture. Watch the Farmárska Revue show for small gardeners, farmers, and breeders that was broadcasted 2 days ago at Slovak television. The genetic diversity of Slovak agriculture, stored in […]

Pavol Hauptvogel and René Hauptvogel, representing the ECOBREED’s partner National and Agricultural Food Centre (NPPC), explained why it is important to save the genetic diversity for agriculture. Watch the Farmárska Revue show for small gardeners, farmers, and breeders that was broadcasted 2 days ago at Slovak television. The genetic diversity of Slovak agriculture, stored in the Gene Bank of the Slovak Republic, is already protected in the global seed vault for failure in natural or human-made disasters in Norway. Among the samples are also wheat varieties examined within the ECOBREED project.

ECOBRRED at the event of Slovene Public Agricultural Advisory Service

Networking with stakeholders and policymakers is crucial for conveying the message of organic plant breeding. We keep on doing it, this time at the annual event of Slovene Public Agricultural Advisory Service and in the company of European Innovation Partnership projects that are being executed in Slovenia.

Networking with stakeholders and policymakers is crucial for conveying the message of organic plant breeding.
We keep on doing it, this time at the annual event of Slovene Public Agricultural Advisory Service and in the company of European Innovation Partnership projects that are being executed in Slovenia.

Plant breeding for sustainability

The Austrian Seed Association, a partner of the ECOBREED project, hosted the 70th Plant Breeder’s Meeting in Gumpenstein, Austria, in November 2019 under the motto “Plant breeding for sustainability”. More than 100 scientists and plant breeders discussed the latest research results and future developments. The immense contribution of plant breeding to the security and food […]

The Austrian Seed Association, a partner of the ECOBREED project, hosted the 70th Plant Breeder’s Meeting in Gumpenstein, Austria, in November 2019 under the motto “Plant breeding for sustainability”. More than 100 scientists and plant breeders discussed the latest research results and future developments. The immense contribution of plant breeding to the security and food supply for the increasing world population was emphasized.

BOKU, MTA-ATK, and Secobra were there, too. Along with colleagues from the LIVESEED project.

European Researchers’ Night in Prague

Crop Research Institute attended the nationwide action Noc vědců (European Researchers’ Night) under the slogan “Sustainably for the planet”. More than 100 scientific workplaces including universities and research institutes in the Czech Republic took part in this scientific fest. The main aim of this action is to bring science to the general public. Buckwheat organic […]

Crop Research Institute attended the nationwide action Noc vědců (European Researchers’ Night) under the slogan “Sustainably for the planet”. More than 100 scientific workplaces including universities and research institutes in the Czech Republic took part in this scientific fest. The main aim of this action is to bring science to the general public. Buckwheat organic plant breeding attracted lots of visitors, who choose to visit the National Muzeum of Agriculture in Prague as one of the 15 spots powered by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions.

ECOBREED at the first European Conference on Crop Diversification in Budapest

Ecobreed project is today presented at the first European Conference on Crop Diversification in Budapest 🇭🇺 Coordinator of the project, Dr. Vladimir Meglič is present with the team of the Hungarian partner MTA-ATK. The conference aims to explore how sustainable agricultural and food systems can be strengthened through diversification while maintaining productivity, ecosystem services, and […]

Ecobreed project is today presented at the first European Conference on Crop Diversification in Budapest 🇭🇺 Coordinator of the project, Dr. Vladimir Meglič is present with the team of the Hungarian partner MTA-ATK.
The conference aims to explore how sustainable agricultural and food systems can be strengthened through diversification while maintaining productivity, ecosystem services, and resource-efficient and sustainable value chains.

More info here.

ECOBREED at the 53 Annual Congress of the Italian Society of Agricultural Genetics

Prof. Mario A. Pagnotta, together with Prof. Carla Ceoloni and Drs Paola Forte and Ljiljana Kuzmanović from Tuscia University presented the first year ECOBREED results at the 53 Annual Congress of the Italian Society of Agricultural Genetics titled “Science and innovation for sustainable agriculture intensification: the contribution of plant genetics and breeding” (http://www.geneticagraria.it/congress_abstract.asp?a_pag=4&Indice=301&id=63) held in […]

Prof. Mario A. Pagnotta, together with Prof. Carla Ceoloni and Drs Paola Forte and Ljiljana Kuzmanović from Tuscia University presented the first year ECOBREED results at the 53 Annual Congress of the Italian Society of Agricultural Genetics titled “Science and innovation for sustainable agriculture intensification: the contribution of plant genetics and breeding” (http://www.geneticagraria.it/congress_abstract.asp?a_pag=4&Indice=301&id=63) held in Naples from 10th to 13th September 2019.

The two posters presented reported the results on (i) the increasing durum wheat disease resistance, grain quality and yield under Mediterranean rainfed conditions by introgression from useful genes from its relatives (http://www.geneticagraria.it/attachment/SIGA_2019/6_10.pdf) and (ii) the evaluation, run jointly with the ECOBREED partners from BOKU-University and Hungarian Academy of Sciences, of 72 durum wheat lines under organic regime (http://www.geneticagraria.it/attachment/SIGA_2019/6_24.pdf).

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ECOBREED at the Autumn Field Days in Serbia

The soybean team of the Ecobreed project, lead by Kristina Petrović and her deputy Johann Vollmann attended the Autumn Field Days last Friday at the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops in Novi Sad, Serbia. They presented the work done on organic plant breeding. 2.000 local and foreign guests attended along with representatives from Serbian […]

The soybean team of the Ecobreed project, lead by Kristina Petrović and her deputy Johann Vollmann attended the Autumn Field Days last Friday at the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops in Novi Sad, Serbia. They presented the work done on organic plant breeding.

2.000 local and foreign guests attended along with representatives from Serbian national and local government.

More information: here

ECOBREED presented at the 14th International Symposium on Buckwheat

Dagmar Janovská from the Czech Crop Research Institute and Meiliang Zhou from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences were yesterday presenting how the Ecobreed project will enhance the organic buckwheat breeding at the 14th International Symposium on Buckwheat in Shillong, India. View the program here.

Dagmar Janovská from the Czech Crop Research Institute and Meiliang Zhou from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences were yesterday presenting how the Ecobreed project will enhance the organic buckwheat breeding at the 14th International Symposium on Buckwheat in Shillong, India. View the program here.

Plenary speech at the 2nd Annual Congress on Plant Science & Biosecurity

Kristina Petrović from the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops (IFVCNS) and WP Soybean leader had a plenary speech at the 2nd Annual Congress on Plant Science & Biosecurity, which took place in London (the UK) between 11th and 13th of July 2019. The speech was about the current status of Diaporthe species on Soybean […]

Kristina Petrović from the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops (IFVCNS) and WP Soybean leader had a plenary speech at the 2nd Annual Congress on Plant Science & Biosecurity, which took place in London (the UK) between 11th and 13th of July 2019. The speech was about the current status of Diaporthe species on Soybean in Europe and the USA and their place within the Ecobreed project.

Diaporthe species cause a complex of diseases on soybean including stem canker, pod, and stem blight, black zone lines and seed decay. Since high-quality seeds are crucial for organic farming, it is necessary to use the disease-free certified seeds. ECOBREED project will resolve the structure of Diaporthe population that exists in soybean seed in Europe and try to find a possible source of resistance to them.

BOKU visiting SZG, RGA and KIS

WP1 leader, Dr. Heinrich Grausgruber, organised a visit of students and professors from BOKU to partners Saatzucht Gleisdorf GmbH (SZK), RGA d.o.o. (Slovenian SME) and the Agricultural Institute of Slovenia (coordinator KIS). Maria Bernhart (Saatzucht Gleisdorf) demonstrating the advantage of legume-cereal intercropping under organic conditions: Primož Titan in a discussion on the topic of perennial […]

WP1 leader, Dr. Heinrich Grausgruber, organised a visit of students and professors from BOKU to partners Saatzucht Gleisdorf GmbH (SZK), RGA d.o.o. (Slovenian SME) and the Agricultural Institute of Slovenia (coordinator KIS).

Maria Bernhart (Saatzucht Gleisdorf) demonstrating the advantage of legume-cereal intercropping under organic conditions:

Primož Titan in a discussion on the topic of perennial wheat and inter-specific crosses:

Peter Dolničar demonstrating the potato breeding work of KIS within the ECOBREED project:

Ales Kolmanič from KIS demonstrates the WP2 multiplication plots at Jablje experimental station:
Ales Kolmanic from KIS demonstrates the WP2 multiplication plots to BOKU students and professors at Jablje experimental station

 

 

Fascination of Plants Day at the National Agricultural and Food Centre (NPPC) of the Slovak Republic

The Fascination of Plants Day 2019 had been organized for the 4th time at the premises of the National Agricultural and Food Centre (NPPC) of the Slovak Republic in Piešťany. In the common stand together with BIOMILA under the slogan “not all wheat varieties are the same” the technological quality of wheat, its convention and […]

The Fascination of Plants Day 2019 had been organized for the 4th time at the premises of the National Agricultural and Food Centre (NPPC) of the Slovak Republic in Piešťany. In the common stand together with BIOMILA under the slogan “not all wheat varieties are the same” the technological quality of wheat, its convention and organic farming of and various food products of organic wheat were presented. The guests could taste different types of biscuits made of wheat, cereal coffee, as well as noodles prepared out of conventional and organic wheat. The benefits and disadvantages of organic farming were discussed.

ECOBREED project is on Serbian national TV

ECOBREED project has been just presented by Dr. Kristina Petrović on Serbian national TV:  

ECOBREED project has been just presented by Dr. Kristina Petrović on Serbian national TV:

 

BOKU newsletter

For German speaking followers of the Ecobreed project, check out the recent newsletter of BOKU and get a better insight into the project. https://boku.ac.at/news/newsitem/54174

For German speaking followers of the Ecobreed project, check out the recent newsletter of BOKU and get a better insight into the project.

https://boku.ac.at/news/newsitem/54174

ECOBREED at ECPGR meeting in Bucharest, Romania

ECOBREED project was presented today in Bucharest during the meeting of the EUGrainLeg project funded by ECPGR (European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources).

ECOBREED project was presented today in Bucharest during the meeting of the EUGrainLeg project funded by ECPGR (European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources).

ECOBREED at South Crete

Ecobreed project was presented by our Greek partner Nikos Volakaksi to farmers and consumers during a Festival for traditional varieties at South Crete.

Ecobreed project was presented by our Greek partner Nikos Volakaksi to farmers and consumers during a Festival for traditional varieties at South Crete.

ECOBREED at Biofach, Germany

Ecobreed, together with Bresov and Liveseed projects have been presented at FiBL stand during the world’s leading trade fair for organic food Biofach, Germany. Werner Vogt-Kaute (Ecobreed’s partners NATUR) presented the objectives of the projects and its ambitious.

Ecobreed, together with Bresov and Liveseed projects have been presented at FiBL stand during the world’s leading trade fair for organic food Biofach, Germany.

Werner Vogt-Kaute (Ecobreed’s partners NATUR) presented the objectives of the projects and its ambitious.

14th National Science Conference “Science for breeding and seeding crops”, Zakopane, Poland

Today Ecobreed project was presented at 14th National Science Conference “Science for breeding and seeding crops”, Zakopane, Poland by Beata Tatrowska (IHAR) http://zakopane2019.ihar.edu.pl/Program.html

Today Ecobreed project was presented at 14th National Science Conference “Science for breeding and seeding crops”, Zakopane, Poland by Beata Tatrowska (IHAR)
http://zakopane2019.ihar.edu.pl/Program.html

Map the current challenges for the organic agriculture in Slovenia

Dr. Peter Dolničar, WP3 deputy leader is attending a conference at the University of Maribor, which aims to map the current challenges for #organicagriculture in Slovenia. 📣Organic + local = ideal

Dr. Peter Dolničar, WP3 deputy leader is attending a conference at the University of Maribor, which aims to map the current challenges for #organicagriculture in Slovenia.

📣Organic + local = ideal

ECOBREED at ICOAS in Austria

Project coordinator Dr. Vladimir Meglič presented the objectives and vision of the project to the participants from over 35 countries at the 6th International Conference on Organic Agricultural Sciences (ICOAS), held between November 7th and 9th 2018 in Eisenstadt, Austria. The conference was attended by two more project partners: Czech Crop Research Institute (CRI) and […]

Project coordinator Dr. Vladimir Meglič presented the objectives and vision of the project to the participants from over 35 countries at the 6th International Conference on Organic Agricultural Sciences (ICOAS), held between November 7th and 9th 2018 in Eisenstadt, Austria. The conference was attended by two more project partners: Czech Crop Research Institute (CRI) and Slovak National Agricultural and Food Centre (NPPC).

MSCA European Researchers’ Night 2018 in Bratislava

NPPC took part in the MSCA European Researchers’ Night disseminating facts and figures on organic spelt and emmer wheat. New varieties of spelt and emmer wheat were presented. As an add on a degustation of spelt bakery products and spelt coffee was offered. Children were happy to observe the plant seeds under a single microscope.

NPPC took part in the MSCA European Researchers’ Night disseminating facts and figures on organic spelt and emmer wheat. New varieties of spelt and emmer wheat were presented. As an add on a degustation of spelt bakery products and spelt coffee was offered. Children were happy to observe the plant seeds under a single microscope.

Ecobreed project presented at From Seed to Pasta conference in Bologna (Italy)

Ecobreed partners are so active recently. Prof. Mario A. Pagnotta from UNITUS is right now attending #FromSeedToPasta conference in Bologna both with a presentation and a poster contributing to the main goal of the conference and namely providing a unique opportunity to learn and debate the latest achievements in durum wheat production and processing and to assess the impact […]

Ecobreed partners are so active recently. Prof. Mario A. Pagnotta from UNITUS is right now attending #FromSeedToPasta conference in Bologna both with a presentation and a poster contributing to the main goal of the conference and namely providing a unique opportunity to learn and debate the latest achievements in durum wheat production and processing and to assess the impact of the durum-value chain on the environment and our health.

 

Ecobreed & NPPC at the Scientific fair for children and youth in Bratislava

The Scientific Fair is a day-long entertainment program for children and youth, as well as for teachers, parents and the general public, that was held on September 14th in Bratislava. The Fair presents different fields of science and research in an interesting and interactive way. NPPC team introduced to the visitors the aim of the […]

The Scientific Fair is a day-long entertainment program for children and youth, as well as for teachers, parents and the general public, that was held on September 14th in Bratislava. The Fair presents different fields of science and research in an interesting and interactive way.

NPPC team introduced to the visitors the aim of the project and presented them the cultivation of wheat in the Slovak Republic and the modern trends in the cultivation of this crop. By using a microscope, visitors could observe different kinds of wheat and different grain color. They also learned about breeding aimed at creating new wheat with higher added value. Children tried how to extract anthocyanins, natural pigments of colored wheat grains and how these substances react to changed pH.

 

Ecobreed project presented at 56th International Fair of Agriculture and Food in Gornja Radgona

Ecobreed project was a guest at two events during the 56. International Fair of Agriculture and Food in Gornja Radgona #Agra.  The project coordinator, Dr. Vladimir Meglič presenting Ecobreed’s objectives both at the event for the importance of use of certified seed material and to the forum, organised by the Strategic Research and Innovation partnership for Sustainable Food […]

Ecobreed project was a guest at two events during the 56. International Fair of Agriculture and Food in Gornja Radgona #Agra The project coordinator, Dr. Vladimir Meglič presenting Ecobreed’s objectives both at the event for the importance of use of certified seed material and to the forum, organised by the Strategic Research and Innovation partnership for Sustainable Food Production in Slovenia.