Plant Breeding and Seed Production

 

 

Duration:
Phase 1: Sept 5 - 30, 2011
Phase 2: March 12 - 23, 2012

Location:
Phase 1: Alnarp, Sweden
Phase 2: To be decided

Information:
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Target Region:
Global

Closing date for applications:
April 15, 2011

Application:
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Objectives

  • To enhance the participants’ managerial efficiency by increasing their knowledge in all the essential elements of a modern seed industry

  • To advance the participants’ knowledge in the new dimension of a free market economy

  • To broaden and develop the participants’ knowledge about agro-biotechnology challenges

  • To enhance the participants’ understanding of the organization, management and modern technology in production, processing and storage of seed

  • To improve the participants’ knowledge in quality control and certification

  • To support the participants in initiating processes of change in their home environments within the above-mentioned fields

Target Group

The programme is directed to key professionals and decision-makers working within the private-, public- or NGO-sectors of the seed industry.

Contents

  • Modern plant breeding and seed industry

  • “Seed chain” – From plant breeding via production and control to marketing

  • Agricultural biotechnology

  • Ethical, ecological and regulatory problems associated with plant breeding

Number of Participants

25

Contact

Marie Hardfors, Programme Administrator
marie.hardfors@svalofconsulting.se

Per Andersson, Programme Director
per.andersson@svalofconsulting.se