Enhancing Resilience Through Plant Breeding Requires an Integrated and Interdisciplinary Approach

Summary

Breeding in the organic sector is not only a technical activity improving certain desired variety traits but breeding priorities are also determined by the organizational system based on cultural values anchored in specific socio-economic and legal constructions. So, if we want to stimulate breeding for a regionally diverse assortment of varieties of crops that both enhances short-term needed productivity and long-term improved resilience within the frame of the organic principles of health, ecology, fairness and care, we will need to address both the technical and organizational aspects in an integrated and interdisciplinary approach.