Innovative organic breeding concepts: challenges and examples

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In this review we have described what organic breeding is about and how it can contribute to organic agriculture and sustainable agriculture in general using new innovative perspectives from a systemsbased approach. The partners involved in the writing of this review provided input on important issues to be included. Specific challenges and examples which are important for organic agriculture and organic breeding in particular were organised according to 14 topics. For each of these topics, experiences from EU-projects and national projects were complemented with information from literature review and key experts on particular knowledge fields. This review does not aim to be conclusive. Instead it aims to provide an overview of the key-issues for organic breeding and organic agriculture at large.