2011-09-02

Phase I of PBSP 2011/2012

On 5 September the first phase, out of two, of the International Training Programme in Plant Breeding and Seed Production will commence. This phase lasts for four weeks and the main venue is The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Campus Alnarp. Study visits will be made to sites with seed related activities in Skåne, Östergötland and Stockholm. 

This batch consists of 27 professionals from 14 countries in Africa and Asia. The participants are all experienced seeds people and familiar with their seed industry back home. This training will give them an international perspective and a holistic approach of how a seed industry can function in an efficient way. Examples will be drawn from developed and developing countries. Experienced and very qualified resource persons will share their knowledge with the group and the participants have also many opportunities to interact with each other.

At the end of this phase an individual Project of Change has been worked out. This is a small project that each member of the group will implement and complete in the period between the two phases. During phase two, to be held in one of the participating countries during two weeks in March 2012, this project will be presented, discussed and finalized.

The first phase ends on 30 September.

	2011-09-02 PHASE I OF PBSP 2011 On 5 September the first phase, out of two, of the International Training Programme in Plant Breeding and Seed Production will commence. This phase lasts for four weeks and the main venue is The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Campus Alnarp. Study visits will be made to sites with seed related activities in Skåne, Östergötland and Stockholm.
	2011-06-15 PHASE I OF GRIP 2011 During three weeks starting on May 2 the first phase of this year’s edition of the international training programme on Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property (GRIP) was successfully accomplished in Sweden. 22 participants with experience from a wide range of disciplines from South Africa, Zambia, Mozambique...
	2011-04-01 Phase II of PBSP 2010/2011 The regional phase of the training programme in “Plant Breeding and Seed Production” was held in the Philippines from 7 to 18 March. The venues were Manila and Baguio. Resource persons were drawn from stakeholders within the local seed industry...
	2011-03-05 Upcoming Regional Phase of PBSP 2010/2011 Between 7th and 18th of March the second phase of the training programme in “Plant Breeding and Seed Production” will be held in the Philippines. The first phase was held in Sweden in September 2010. Local resource persons will be utilized in order to make an in-depth presentation of the Philippine seed industry...
	2010-10-05 Phase I of PBSP 2010/2011 The final day of our programme in Alnarp was on the first of October. After a month in Sweden, the course participants are now back to their duties and pleasures back home. The evaluation of the training was very positive and...