Incentivos para que los/las agricultores/as utilicen semillas ecológicas (resumen)

Four industry driven pilots to incentivise use of organic seed in Italy, the Netherlands, Hungary and Romania are presented. The summary identifies four main areas in which incentives can be offered: pre-financing of organic seed through the value chain, offering access to varieties requested by the market, expanding the range of locally adapted cultivars and improving seed quality. The summary of the case studies provides some details of how the initiatives originated, what incentives were involved and their outcomes. It is meant to give insights to anyone interested in financing innovation in the organic seed supply chain that is not comfortable reading the longer version in English.