Buyer Name: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Buyer Address: Seacole Building 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF, UK
Contact Name: Bo-Jess Brooks
Contact Email: bo.brooks@defra.gov.uk
Buyer Name: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Buyer Address: Seacole Building 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF, UK
Contact Name: Bo-Jess Brooks
Contact Email: bo.brooks@defra.gov.uk
The aim of the project is to provide data to enable a review of the current policy that prohibits the marketing of farm saved seed and consider whether the evidence supports this policy continuing, or if other policies could be considered, such as allowing farmers to exchange farm saved seed (as proposed in the EU). Contract awarded by Defra.
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