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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 2009/2010

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..

New Office Location

Svalöf Consulting has moved to a new office within the campus of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Alnarp.

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...