Phase I of PBSP 2010/2011

On 6th September the first phase of the training programme in “Plant Breeding and Seed Production” will start. The participants are 25 in number and all professionals from their respective countries’ seed sector. The represented countries are...

A seminar on food security was held on the initiative of the Foreign Office at SLU in Alnarp Wednesday 18 August. On the following links are programs, participants, and materials from the seminar, including an article from the Swedish farm magazine ATL.

• Read the programme here (swe)
  
• Read the article here (swe)
  

• Read a translation of the article here (eng)

Start of GRIP 2010

On the 3 of May, Phase I of the 2010 GRIP Training Programme started at Alnarp Sweden. 23 participants from 17 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America are attending the programme...

Phase II of PBSP 2010

The regional phase of the International Training Programme (ITP) in Plant Breeding and Seed production 2009/10 was held in Zambia from 15 to 26 of March, 2010. Resource persons were drawn both from..

2nd World Seed Conference 2009

“Urgent government measures and increased public and private investment in the seed sector are required for the long term if agriculture is to meet the challenge of food security in the context of population growth and climate change.”

Development aid being phased out in Tajikistan

A successful Swedish seed project financed by Sida has been carried out in Central Asia since the year 2000. According to Rutger Persson, supporting Tajikistan in the development of its seed industry...