European Seed Association
edit| Type | Advocacy Group |
| Industry | Plant Breeding/ Biotechnology |
| Founded | November 2000 |
| Headquarters | Brussels, Belgium |
| Key people | Christoph Amberger, President
Garlich von Essen, Secretary General |
| Website | www.euroseeds.org |
In that sense, ESA lobbies on all seed related issues and specifically on:
- Seed marketing, incl. GM and organic seed
- Intellectual Property Rights (Plant Breeders Rights, Biotech Patents, etc.)
- Plant/ seed health (phytosanitary rules; seed treatments)
- Biodiversity and access to genetic resources
- Land use and food production
- Competitiveness of the EU agri-food chain
It also aims at solving collective problems of its membership like e.g. market access in third countries.
Fields of interst declared by the organization are:
edit- Agriculture and Rural Development
- Climate Action
- Consumer Affairs
- Energy
- Enterprise
- Environment
- Food Safety
- Internal Market
- Public Health
- Research and Technology
- Trade
It has been granted observer status with::
editInternational Seed Federation (ISF), International Union for the Protection of new Varieties of Plants (UPOV) Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) International Seed Testing Assocation (ISTA) International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO)
EVENTS
editMEMBERSHIP
editESA PRESIDENTS
edit2009 – 2012: Christoph Amberger, KWS Saat AG (DE) 2006 – 2009: Francois Desprez, Francois Desprez (FR) 2003 – 2006: Sten Moberg, Svalöf Weibull (SE) 2000 – 2003: Anthony Keeling, Elsoms Seed (UK)
EXTERNAL LINKS
editESA Homepage http://www.euroseeds.org
ESA Annual Meeting http://esa.conceptum.eu/