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Key Issues Paper for the Establishment of a Sustainable Financing System for Organic Breeding (Biobreeding)

Type de document
report
Langue source
Anglais
Titre français
Document de synthèse sur la mise en place d'un système de financement durable pour la sélection biologique (biobreeding)
Titre anglais
Key Issues Paper for the Establishment of a Sustainable Financing System for Organic Breeding (Biobreeding)
Auteur(s)
  • SCHÄFER Freya
  • MESSMER Monika
Editeur(s)
Autre(s)
Id
82LY3C2T
Version
3243
Url zotero
https://www.zotero.org/groups/2567444/items/82LY3C2T
Date ajout
28 octobre 2020 12:22
Date modification
12 avril 2021 16:39
Résumé
The BÖLW and its associations as well as the Software AG Foundation and the Mercator Switzerland Foundation, support the Support Office for Organic Plant Breeding Research (SÖPZ). The aim of SÖPZ is to support organic breeding in raising public research funds on a national and European level (BLE projects, EU projects, BLW projects, etc.). In autumn 2017, the BÖLW asked the SÖPZ to organise a discussion on how to ensure long-term financial security for practical variety breeding work alongside organic breeding research. The needs analysis of 2015 and a telephone survey of 19 active organic breeders in Germany and Switzerland in 2017 showed that there is a considerable need to intensify organic breeding work, both in the field of plant and animal breeding. However, organic plant breeding, which has up to now been heavily reliant on donations, as well as the relatively recent organic animal breeding, is presently not able and will not be able in future to meet the high demand based on the current financing models. Financing organic breeding exclusively through public funds is unrealistic as in the past the state has increasingly withdrawn public breeding programmes. Today, public funds are mainly allocated to temporary breeding research projects. Such projects are very important for networking and knowledge transfer, but they also tie up the capacities of organic breeders. Hence, they are not available for the actual breeding work of producing marketable varieties or adapted animal breeds. Furthermore, the necessary financial advance payments for organic breeding are far too high to be borne by the producer alone, e.g. through variety licences. Shifting the problem exclusively to the producer stage may seem lucrative in the short term, but referring to the medium to long term perspective, it leads to deficits in the entire value chain and damages the entire system and its credibility. Ultimately, this is a problem for the entire organic value chain and the solution requires the commitment of all actors. It should also be kept in mind that the use of conventionally bred varieties and animal breeds in the organic sector constantly provides funding for the conventional breeding sector by paying the licence fees.
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CRAW tags
  • AB - Spécifique
  • GEO Suisse
  • breeding
  • culture
  • race
  • semence
  • sélection
  • élevage
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