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Selling Abundance in a World Addicted to Scarcity

Part 2 explores Hidde Boersma’s techno-optimistic vision for sustainable agriculture, highlighting WePlanet, ecomodernism, CRISPR, land...
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Europe

Early Release of EuroBlight Blight Monitoring Results for the 2025 Potato Crop

EuroBlight’s first 2025 potato season results show Europe’s late blight population remains dominated by the...
Europe

Dirty Ships, Lifted Embargoes and the Hidden Power of Grain

This article examines how climate-driven famine and uninspected grain trade helped spread the Black Death,...
Europe

Large-Scale DNA Variants Drive Cucumber History, Study Finds

A new Nature Genetics study led by Boyce Thompson Institute’s Zhangjun Fei reveals that large...
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Europe

Harnessing Technology to Protect the World’s Crop Diversity

The Crop Trust has launched Securing Our Seeds (SOS), a USD 2 million Google.org-backed initiative...
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Europe

New Research Reveals Camelina’s Climate Adaptation Potential

EU-funded UNTWIST research shows camelina (Camelina sativa) could help climate-proof agriculture as heatwaves and droughts...
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Europe

CO₂ and Crops: The Yield Driver EU Policy Rarely Talks About

Satellite data reveal rising CO₂ has significantly boosted crop yields, especially wheat, more than many...
Europe

Why Does Advocacy Matter for the EU Seed Sector?

This column explains the long-term nature of EU agricultural policymaking and the essential role of...
Europe

The Agricultural Crop Licensing Platform Extends to Ornamental and Fruit Crops

After three years, the Agricultural Crop Licensing Platform (ACLP) has expanded to include ornamental, fruit,...
Europe

Europe Can’t Afford to Fall Behind: Jessica Polfjärd on the EU’s NGT Turning Point

Europe’s new agreement on New Genomic Techniques marks a turning point for plant breeding and...
Europe

Watermelon in the Lab and the Field: Breeding the Perfect Bite

Modern watermelon breeding has evolved from boosting yield and sweetness to optimizing the entire value...
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Europe

EU–UK SPS Chapter Negotiations: The Seed Trade Reset We Can’t Afford to Botch

After years of post-Brexit disruption, EU–UK SPS negotiations offer a critical chance to simplify seed...
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Europe

What’s Wrong With International Governance These Days?

International agreements born in the 1990s era of globalization shaped trade, climate, and biodiversity governance...
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Europe

The Future of IP in the Regulation of NGTs

The EU has reached a provisional agreement on New Genomic Techniques regulation, classifying Category 1...
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Europe

Plant Breeding Innovation Clears Next Hurdle for EU NGT Framework

Euroseeds welcomes the ENVI committee’s strong approval of the NGT Regulation compromise text, moving the...
Europe

Seeds of Change, Part II – Breeding, Footprints and Future Pathways

In Part 2 of Seed World Europe’s Seeds of Change series, leaders from Bayer, Semillas...
Europe

ISF Papers Outline a Roadmap for Climate-Resilient, High-Yield Agriculture

Sustainability in agriculture starts with seed, argue Ben Rivoire and Khaoula Belhaj-Fragnière of the International...
Europe

Turning Insight into Impact: How phenoLytics Is Redefining Seed Phenotyping

phenoLytics won first prize at the 2025 Euroseeds InnovAction Stage for its high-throughput 3D and...
Europe

Adding a New Wing to Pollination: How Polyfly Is Putting Hoverflies to Work

For decades, seed production relied almost exclusively on bees for managed pollination. Polyfly is rethinking...
Europe

What if Ocular Grain Grading Could be Faster, More Accurate, and Objective?

Cgrain and Lantmännen are modernizing grain grading with AI-driven image analysis that automates ocular inspection....
Europe

Filmmaker Hidde Boersma: Why High-Yield Innovation Belongs at the Centre of Sustainability

This two-part interview with Dutch science journalist and filmmaker Dr. Hidde Boersma examines how a...
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Europe

European NGT Regulations: Risks of Divergence and Adhocracy

UK, EU and Swiss NGT regulations due by 2026 remain fragmented and incoherent. The UK...
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Europe

Top 10 Best Read Stories on Seed World Europe in 2025

Discover Seed World Europe’s most-read seed sector stories of 2025. After a year of coverage...
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Europe

2026 Named International Year of the Woman Farmer

FAO has launched the International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026, a global campaign to...
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Europe

From Seed to Food: FAO’S First Universal Expo

From Seed to Food, the first FAO Universal Exposition in Rome (October) celebrated FAO’s 80...
Europe

Why Crop Diversity Matters More Than Ever for Europe’s Agricultural Future

Europe’s seed market is consolidating fast—raising urgent questions about innovation, resilience, and food security. Nearly...
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Europe

Editors Pick: Myths in and Around the Seed Sector 

Seed World Europe’s misinformation series tackles the persistent myths that distort public understanding of plant...
Europe

Editors Pick: Giant Views Columns 

Seed World Europe’s Giant Views column closes every issue by giving the final page to...
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Europe

Editors Pick: EU Presidencies 

Seed World Europe continues to follow each rotating EU Council Presidency to keep readers up...
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Europe

Editors Pick: The Risk Corner 

Seed World Europe proudly features the columns of Professor David Zaruk, a Brussels-based expert in...
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Europe

Editors Pick: Crop Breeding Articles on Forage & Turf Crops 

Seed World Europe’s crop spotlight series spans 30+ species and shines a light on the...
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Europe

Editors Pick: Sense, Nonsense and Science Columns 

Seed World Europe features the columns of Dr. Joe Schwarcz, Director of McGill University’s Office...
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Europe

Editors Pick: Crop Breeding Articles on Field Crops 

Seed World Europe’s ongoing field crop series—now featuring more than 30 spotlighted crops—shows how breeders...
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Europe

Editors Pick: Brussels Sprouts 

César González, Public Affairs Manager at Euroseeds, offers Seed World Europe readers a front-row view...
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Europe

Editors Pick: Fun Facts on Crops 

Take a break from policy and industry analysis with Seed World Europe’s “Fun Facts” series—light,...
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Europe

Editors Pick: Franco’s Agri Notes 

Franco Brazzabeni delivers a global, market-savvy perspective on agriculture through his columns for Seed World...
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