Brussels, 03/05/2013 (Agence Europe) - Farmers are worried about the European Commission's plans for seeds, to be revealed on Monday 6 May. It is feared that it wants to ban farmers from exchanging seed.
The European Coordination Via Campesina organisation calls on European Commissioners to do a number of things. 1) Recognise and protect the right of farmers and gardeners to freely exchange their seeds. These exchanges are essential to farmers' selection of varieties that guarantees the...