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First steps towards a European inventory of crop landraces

- The scientific journal "Biological Conservation" has recently published an article on the distribution of landraces in Europe.

Publication: Red List of domestic livestock breeds 2021

- For the seventh time, the brochure " Domestic livestock breeds in Germany and Red List of endangered livestock breeds" has been published by the BLE. It is now available for download, print copies can be pre-ordered free of…

Forest of the year 2022

- For the eleventh time, the Bund Deutscher Forstleute awards the title "Forest of the Year". The 2022 award goes to the Erdmannwälder in Lower Saxony.

May we introduce – the Genetic Resources Strategy for Europe (GRS4E)

- Summary of the GenRes Bridge project event in Brussels and the official launch of the GRS4E and the three domain-specific strategies for plant, animal and forest genetic resources.

Funding Call: Innovations for healthy plants

- The Federal Ministry of Agriculture (BMEL) supports innovative projects that contribute to the development of sustainable and resource-saving measures and plant protection methods. Project ideas can be submitted until March 10,…

Funding for sheep and goat husbandry

- Within the framework of a funding program, projects that bring innovations to the preservation and improvement of sheep and goat husbandry are financially supported. Project outlines can be submitted to the BLE until December 15,…

New EU research project Breeding value launched

- The main objective is to provide the knowledge and tools to use genetic resources of strawberry, raspberry and blueberry, as well as pre-breeding material to create new breeding routes. The work is aimed at the creation of…

Congress on breeding and husbandry of cattle and pigs

- The BMEL hosted the National Congress on Breeding and Husbandry of Cattle and Pigs in Berlin on October 6 and 7, 2021.

PGR in Germany - yesterday and today- Publication published in international journal

- An article in the journal Plants describes the historical development and the current conservation structure for plant genetic resources in Germany. The structures that have grown over time could also be established in other…

18th Session of the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources starts today.

- The agenda of this meeting includes policy responses to both, the “State of the World Report on Aquatic Genetic Resources” and the “State of the World Report on biodiversity for Food and Agriculture”.