Support for organic plant breeding research

A strong organic plant breeding is the basis for the future development of the organic agriculture sector. Currently, only a very small fraction of the used varieties of the organic agriculture is derived from organic plant breeding. One of the major reasons for this is the financial lack of organic plant breeders. Thus, the project "Support for organic plant breeding research" supports organic plant breeders for the application of publically funded projects for plant breeding research in order to improve knowledge transfer between breeders and researchers and the financial basis for organic plant breeding. This will be achieved mainly by the following activities:

• Conduction of a sector demand study
• Project scouting: exploration of financial possibilities for organic plant breeding and plant breeding research on national and European level
• Support to establish promising consortia for the identified call on national and European level
• Support for the formal application via the preliminary investigation, clear instructions and presentation etc.
• Provision of literature research and their evaluation of results needed for the application (state of science).
• Support with the project management of successfully received research projects.

• Software Stiftung Deutschland
• Anbauverbände Deutschland

• Foundation Mercator Switzerland – Organic agriculture and food

Ökozüchter in Deutschland:

• Dr. Karl-Josef Müller, Getreidezüchtungsforschung Darzau, www.darzau.de
• Dr. habil. Hartmut Spieß, Getreidezüchtungsforschung Dottenfelderhof, www.dottenfelderhof.de/zuechtung-forschung
• 25 Züchter der Kultursaat e.V., www.kultursaat.org
• Barbara Maria Rudolf, Saat:gut e.V. ökologische Pflanzenzüchtung Christiansen Biolandhof, www.saat-gut.org
• Inde Sattler, Apfel:gut, ökologische Apfelzüchtung, Inde Sattler, Apfelschiff, www.saat-gut.org/projekte.cfm
• Berthold Heyden, Keyserlingk Institut Saatgutforschung und Getreidezüchtung im biodynamischen Landbau, www.saatgut-forschung.de
• Uwe Brede, Ackerbohnenzüchtung, bäuerliche Ökosaatgut e.G.
• Karsten Ellenberg’s Kartoffelvielfalt, www.kartoffelvielfalt.de
• Werner Vogt-Kaute, Naturland

Ökozüchter in der Schweiz:

• Peter Kunz, Getreidezüchtung Peter Kunz, www.getreidezuechtung.ch
• Friedeman Ebner, Sativa Rheinau AG, Gemüsezüchtung, www.sativa-rheinau.ch/bio-zuechtung/prinzipien.html
• Niklaus Bolliger, Poma Culta, www.pomaculta.org

Anbauverbände:

• Bioland
• Naturland
• Demeter Deutschland
• Demeter Schweiz
• Demeter International
• Bio Suisse

Lobby Gruppen:

• ECO-PB
• IFOAM-EU Group
• TP-Organic Technology innovation platform IFOAM (TIPI)

• Messmer Monika (Department of Crop Sciences)
• Schäfer Freya (FiBL Germany)

• Hohmann Pierre (Departement für Nutzpflanzenwissenschaften)
• Meyer Katharina (FiBL Germany)
• Vonzun Seraina (Department of Crop Sciences)

Project coordination and implementation

fibl.org: News "Öffentliche Gelder für die ökologische Pflanzenzüchtungsforschung" (in german)

• Organic Seeds and Plant Breeding (FiBL Germany)
• Plant Breeding (Department of Crop Sciences, FiBL Switzerland)