EUROPEAN-SEED.COM I EUROPEAN SEED I 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURES DEPARTMENTS Editor’s Message..................................................................................................04 INSIDERS – Advice from Industry Experts..........................................................22 Column: The Risk Corner.....................................................................................30 Column: Sense, Nonsense and Science.............................................................43 Global Seed Watch...............................................................................................44 Regulatory News...................................................................................................45 Industry News.......................................................................................................46 Extras.....................................................................................................................47 Giant Views: What Turkey is Expecting from the EU...........................................48 32 06 europeanseed VOLUME 4, ISSUE 4 Crop Protection Products – Part 1.......................................................................06 EU Plant Health Regulation...................................................................................10 TSUAB at the Heart of the Turkish Seed Industry...............................................12 Reducing Global Hunger – Utopia or Reality?....................................................14 How Equivalent is Turkey?....................................................................................16 Severe Economic Losses for the EU....................................................................18 Would you Want to Spend 70% of your Salary on Food?.................................24 Why do I Need to Test for This?...........................................................................26 Sweet Pepper Breeding and its Challenges.......................................................32 No Access, No Benefits – Part 2..........................................................................36 Guaranteeing high quality treated seeds............................................................39 A Master to SucSEED...........................................................................................40 12 ON THE COVER: Graeme Taylor, Director Public Affairs of the European Crop Protection Association (ECPA).