Strengthening organic seed systems: A living lab approach to collaboration across the value chain and within society.

Summary

LiveSeeding implements a Living Lab approach as a multi-stakeholder research framework for cocreation and impact. Living Labs are an effective innovation niche capable of contributing to the integration of organic and agroecology-oriented seed systems as a necessary step for food system transformation.
This booklet aims to promote organic farming from “seed to plate” and facilitate wider adoption and replicability. It offers insights and guidance on how collaboration between actors from research, practice, markets, institutions, and civil society can forge a common path towards promoting organic breeding and the organic sector. It serves both as a practical guide and a source of inspiration to navigate the complexities of the Living Lab approach and its application to the seed domain, as well as support on how Living Labs can forge and strengthen links with citizens and policy makers.
You will find key recommendations for successfully implementing Living Labs as networks of actors collaborating within a decentralized action-research approach in the context of including cultivated biodiversity in the value chain from seed to plate.