Seeds useful links

Intergovernmental Organisations:

• EC (European Commission - Agriculture and Rural Development)
• EPPO (European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation)
• FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)           
• UPOV (International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants)

Non Governmental Organisations:

• AOSA (Association of Official Seeds Analysts)
• AOSCA (Association of Official Seed Certifying Agencies)
• AFSTA (African Seed Trade Association)
• APSA (Asia and Pacific Seed Association)
• ASTA (American Seed Trade Association)
• CBD-UNEP (Convention on Biological Diversity)
• CEE/ONU (Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations)
• COPA-COGECA (Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations and General Confederation of Agricultural Co-operatives in the European Union)
• ESA (European Seed Association)
• FELAS (Federación Latino Americana de Asociaciones de Semillistas)                              (Federation of Latin American Seed Associations)
• IIRB (International Institute for Research in Sugar Beet)
• ISF (International Seed Federation)
• ISTA (International Seed Testing Association)         
• ICARDA (International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas)