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How to improve organic cereal seed availability in Hungary (LIVESEED Practice Abstract)

{Tool} How to improve organic cereal seed availability in Hungary (LIVESEED Practice Abstract). Creator(s): Feher, Judit and Mikó, Peter. Issuing Organisation(s): ÖMKi - Hungarian Research Institute of Organic Agriculture. Liveseed Practice Abstract, no. 26. (2020)

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Summary in the original language of the document

Practical recommendations - For a better cooperation and efficiency, regular meeting of the organic seed working group is suggested. Important steps: 1) Restructure the national organic seed database to have a user-friendly and informative (incl. variety recommendations) service for farmers. 2) Organic seed producers and retailers keep the database up-to-date and retain seed lots for domestic market. 3) Circulating and propagandizing the new database by the Hungarian Seed Association and the certification bodies. 4) Post-registration performance trials help the variety recommendation: one of the state’s variety testing mnurseries is converted to organic (2020). Further locations are included through a cooperation with organic farmers operating in the proximity of other state nurseries, in a way that plots are managed with the machinery of the authority. Certain breeding institutions also host these trials to reach the sufficient number of sites.


EPrint Type:Practice tool
Teaser:Find solutions to the challenges in the organic seed sector!
What problem does the tool address?:Although the Hungarian organic cereal seed production is significant, the seeds are primarily produced on a contract basis for export, hence they are not available on the domestic market. Organic propagation material of other cultivated species is also seldom found in Hungary. Knowledge on variety performance in organic fields is insufficient.
What solution does the tool offer?:In order to facilitate strategic planning and harmonise actions, it is crucial to set up a working group on organic seed, involving all stakeholders of the sector (seed producers and retailers, organic certification bodies, researchers, national authorities and policymakers, organic farmers’ associations). Experts of this national
working group will be able to address the right questions and suggest effective and applicable solutions to boost the organic seed sector.
Country:Hungary
Type of Practice Tool:Practice abstracts
Keywords:seed production, seed industry
Agrovoc keywords:
Language
Value
URI
English
seed production
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6937
English
seed industry
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6933
Subjects: Crop husbandry > Breeding, genetics and propagation
Food systems > Policy environments and social economy
Research affiliation: European Union > Horizon 2020 > Liveseed
Hungary > Hungarian Research Institute of Organic Agriculture
European Union > Organic Farm Knowledge
Horizon Europe or H2020 Grant Agreement Number:727230
Related Links:https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/42488, https://www.liveseed.eu/tools-for-practitioners/practice-abstracts/, https://www.facebook.com/organicfarmknowledge/posts/375457574366883, https://twitter.com/farm_knowledge/status/1458429156832784385
Project ID:ofk
Deposited By: Ortolani, Dr. Livia
ID Code:42488
Deposited On:28 Oct 2021 11:37
Last Modified:02 May 2024 10:32
Document Language:English
Status:Published

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