The organic seed regulations framework in Europe-current status and recommendations for future development

Organic Agriculture

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 173-183

  Döring, Thomas F ^a   Bocci, Riccardo ^b   Hitchings, Roger ^a   Howlett, Sally ^a   Lammerts van Bueren, Edith T ^c   Pautasso, Marco ^d,e   Raaijmakers, Maaike ^f   Rey, Frederic ^g   Stubsgaard, Anke ^h   Weinhappel, Manfred ⁱ   Wilbois, Klaus P ^j   Winkler, Louisa R ^a   Wolfe, Martin S ^a  

^a The Organic Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b Associazione Italiana per l'Agricoltura Biologica (AIAB)   (Italy)

^c LOUIS BOLK INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^e Domain du Petit Arbois   (France)

^f Bionext   (Netherlands)

^g ITAB   (France)

^h VFL Knowledge centre for Agriculture   (Denmark)

ⁱ AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^j FIBL Deutschland FiBL e V Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Conservation varieties; Europe; Organic; Policy; Regulation; Seed

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881600633     PISSN: 18794238     EISSN: 18794246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13165-012-0034-7     Document Type: Review

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