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Posted on January 30, 2020, updated on February 6, 2020 by Julie Deering

A look at how the International Treaty impacts working companies. It’s not up in smoke and ashes just yet, but the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) is smoldering as the governing body failed to com…

Posted on January 8, 2020, updated on January 9, 2020 by Melissa Shipman

Sustainable Development Goal No. 17 focuses on global partnership for a stronger food supply, which is a key part of the International Year of Plant Health. The global food system is highly complex. It relies on multiple elements and actors: seed, so…

Posted on December 12, 2019, updated on December 12, 2019 by Liz Lumsden

2019 was a big year for the CSTA and the seed industry at large. We have moved forward on some key issues for our members, and are excited to provide an update on what we’ve done so far as well as outlining what we are hoping to do next. We are loo…

Posted on December 12, 2019, updated on December 18, 2019 by Roy van Wyk

April of 2020 will mark five years since the executive committees of the five seed industry associations — CSGA, CSTA, CSAAC, CSI and CPTA— first met to discuss the potential to merge the organizations in common purpose. CropLife Canada joined th…

Posted on December 3, 2019 by Marc Zienkiewicz

“I’m hopeful. I think it’s a bit of a guarded optimism, though.” The general manager of C&M Seeds talks Seed Synergy, building a National Seed Organization, the scheduling challenges posed by technology, and why she loves …

Posted on December 3, 2019, updated on December 5, 2019 by Marc Zienkiewicz

“That’s a disappointment and a failure. The lack of a portal to allow the farm community to be heard leads to some division and anger, and rightly so.” The executive director of the Canadian Seed Trade Association talks about the ch…

Posted on December 2, 2019, updated on December 3, 2019 by Marc Zienkiewicz

Claudio Feulner, regulatory affairs and trade manager for the Canadian Seed Trade Association, sits down with Marc Zienkiewicz to talk about his recent trip to the Middle East, what he learned, and why the CSTA’s new market development report �…

Posted on November 28, 2019 by Julie Deering

At a meeting in late October, a committee of the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) agreed to revisit the Explanatory Note on Essentially Derived Varieties — a move that should end in applause, but a great…

Posted on November 28, 2019 by Marc Zienkiewicz

Mike Scheffel, managing director of policy and standards for the Canadian Seed Growers’ Association, sits down with Marc Zienkiewicz to offer a little history lesson on how Canada’s seed policies and standards have evolved over the years …

Posted on November 20, 2019, updated on November 21, 2019 by Germination

The Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) concluded its 8th session (GB8) with a rejection of a compromise package on enhancing the Multilateral System (MLS) of access and benefit sha…

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Policy

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources Smolders

Partnering for Progress

Heading into a New Decade of Seed Innovation

The National Seed Organization: Pulling Back the Curtain

Ellen Sparry Sometimes Gets the Alphabet Mixed Up

Dave Carey Sticks to his Strategy

Going Global with Claudio Feulner

UPOV to Update Guidance on Essentially Derived Varieties

A Walk Down Memory Lane with Mike Scheffel

ITPGRFA Rejects “Compromise” on Access & Benefit Sharing Enhancements