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Implementing Social Rights & Ethical Practices in the Seed Sector

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Combatting Illegal Seed Practices: From Awareness to Action

A 5-part global webinar series exploring farmer impacts, seed authentication and traceability, laboratory testing, evidence gathering, sector-led enforcement, policy frameworks, and international cooperation.

ISF Annual Report 2025

Check out the highlights from the last year and key achievements from 2021-2025.

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Our journey to resilience starts with seed.

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Sustainability

Navigating Social Rights and Ethical Practices in the Seed Sector

Discover the new ISF Guidelines

Seed Movement

Seed companies are increasingly becoming global players and have very international operations.

Innovation

A Call for Policy Actions to Foster Plant Breeding Innovation

Technological advances drive innovation in plant breeding to create new varieties.

ISHI Methods

The ISHI Methods for seed health testing are internationally recognized as reference methods and accepted as industry standards.

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ISF Regulated Pest List

A database of regulated pests that provide a thorough, independent scientific assessments of whether seed is a pathway for their introduction and spread, and cause an infestation (including infection).

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5 October 2026

ISHI Technical Meetings 2026

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ISHI Technical Meetings 2026

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Euroseeds Congress 2026

17 - 19 May

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ISF World Seed Congress 2027

12 - 14 June