b'6. Horticulture is Italys Thing3.Thirteen Organizations Sign Historic MAY 2024 Agreement to Fight Illegal Seed Practices Italy is a country with a highMAY 2024horticultural vocation. It is a European leader in the produc-tion of vegetable and aromatic seeds, with in 2022, an area of almost 39,000 hectares that was cultivated for this purpose. The figures have more than doubled since 2012, with an annual +5 % in 2022.The most reproduced species are radish, mustard, cab-bage, radicchio and onion, with three-zero digits in term of surface. In total, the number of multi-plied species exceeds 50. Read this column by Franco BrazzabeniThirteen organizations, representing and defending the interests to find out how the country is guaranteeing its high-quality seeds. of plant breeders worldwide, joined forces to collaborate in the https://bit.ly/40UiUOG fight against illegal seed practices through a historic memoran-dum of understanding signed at the ISF World Seed Congress 5.Why Does Europe Struggle to Get a new2024. The organizations involved in this initiative include the ISF, Seed Law That Still Works for Breeders andAFSTA, APSA, Euroseeds, SAA, the Anti-Infringement Bureau Farmersfor Intellectual Property Rights on Plant Material, the Breeders APRIL 2024 Trust, CIOPORA , CropLife International, Gestin de Licencias Vegetales, SICASOV, the Seed Innovation Protection Alliance, and the Seeds Innovation and Protection Initiative. Check this article to find out why fighting illegal seeds is so important.https://bit.ly/40RlJjn2.UEFA EURO 2024 Pitches Prepared to Perfection Using Quality Standards JUNE 2024In 2024, the UEFA EURO 2024 tournament took place, on perfectly prepared grass pitches. Pitch standardization and qual-ity measurement began long before the tournament and contin-ued throughout, guaranteeing consistent high standards across all venues, from the training pitches to the 10 match stadiums. INSIDER company DLF explains that the turf seed industry has an interest in the performance of these stadiums, as the success of the pitches is a testament to the collaboration between groundsmen and top-performing turf grass species and varieties. Europe has become a world leader in plant breeding and seedhttps://bit.ly/4ghentTproducts based on a legal framework that assured the identity, performance, quality and health of any seed product for any user. Garlich von Essen shares that the European Parliaments approach puts much of this success story at unnecessary risk by eliminating the necessary tools to balance appropriate differentiation of spe-cific requirements with principal rules and assurances for all. And indicates that correcting this mismatch will be the most important objective for breeders and farmers in the further discussions with Parliament and Member States in the months to come.https://bit.ly/42zFvkB4. Creative Destruction in the Plant 1. 20 Most Influential Women in Europes Seed Breeding SectorSector in 2023 SEPTEMBER 2024 MARCH 2024 At the very heart of innovation is creative destruction: the deliber- At Seed World Europe we are very passionate about placing the EU ate dismantling of established processes to make way for improvedplant breeding and seed sector in the spotlight. An ever-growing methods of production. Though the concept sounds negative, itpart of the success of our sector comes from the contributions of is a critical component of innovation driven change and growth.women throughout our value chain. In this edition of our annual Creative destruction in the plant breeding sector involves inno- 20 Most feature, we celebrated some of the many women who vations that significantly disrupt traditional practices, leading toare making important leadership contributions within our beloved the decline or transformation of existing methods, products, orsector. Check out who are the truly incredible seed sector builders, industries. Find out in this article which are the five most notableadvocates and leaders. Join us in celebrating the huge contributions examples of creative destruction. these women make to growing a strong seed sector!https://bit.ly/4hyLASx https://bit.ly/4hbYExuFEBRUARY 2025|SEEDWORLD.COM/EUROPEISEED WORLD EUROPE I 31'