The world faces an unprecedented crisis with COVID-19. While the pandemic has put many countries under lockdown and brought normal activities to a halt, those in the seed sector belong to the category of essential services and continue their work to sustain the delivery of seed to farmers.

READ THE ISF UPDATES:

Current outbreaks of COVID-19 and the international movement of seeds (6 July 2020)

AMSAC (Mexican Seed Association) response to COVID-19 – Executive Summary (8 June 2020)

ISF VIDEO SERIES: Global movement of seed under the COVID-19 pandemic (from 28 April 2020)

• Africa – Part 1 and Part 2
• Asia-Pacific – Part 1 and Part 2
• Europe – Part 1 and Part 2
• Americas – Part 1 and Part 2

Contribution by FSII members towards COVID19 relief measures (23 April 2020)

ISF Response to the Call to Action by the Food and Land Use Coalition (16 April 2020)

Video Q&A with Szabolcs Ruthner and Rose Souza Richards: Part 1 (16 April 2020)

Video Q&A with Szabolcs Ruthner and Rose Souza Richards: Part 2 (17 April 2020)

Joint letter from ISTA and ISF on the extension of accreditation certificates for seed health testing laboratories (8 April 2020)

Safeguarding the food chain: seed movement and food security during the COVID-19 crisis (An update from ISF, 7 April 2020)

International Seed Movement under the COVID-19 Crisis (A social media wrap-up, 2 April 2020)

The Continued Movement of Seed is Imperative for Seed Companies and Farmers (Part 2 of podcast with SeedWorld, 1 April 2020)

“It’s not business as usual”: Michael Keller on the state of ISF during the COVID-19 crisis (Part 1 of podcast with SeedWorld, 30 March 2020)

ISF calls on members to provide information on seed movement issues under the COVID-19 crisis (23 March 2020)

ISF Statement on Movement of Seed under the COVID-19 crisis (17 March 2020)

FROM OUR PARTNERS:

World Farmers Organisation (WFO) Statement on COVID-19 (by WFO President Theo de Jager, 9 April 2020)