Through the Red Mentors program of the National University of San Martín (UNSAM), this Tuesday, October 5, both Marysol Vera, […]

On Tuesday, September 21, we carried out the collective evaluation workshop for corn, in which technicians, breeders, and producers from […]

On September 15, Gustavo Schrauf and Juan Martín Richter were interviewed on the 25 hours program of Radio Colmena about […]

During the pre-conference of the Organic World Congress on September 6, Almendra Cremaschi shared the work that Bioleft has been […]

We proudly share with you the book Transformative Pathways to Sustainability (you can read it by clicking here), of which Anabel Marín, Patrick Van Zwanenberg [...]

El jueves 12 de agosto, Bioleft llevó adelante un encuentro virtual entre productores de maíz, técnicxs e investigadorxs con el […]

On Thursday, July 15, we met with producers, students, extension agents and breeders to exchange results and learnings about two […]

We are very proud to share with you the interview that was made to Gustavo Scharuf by the IP Channel, […]

Yesterday, our colleague Almendra Cremaschi shared the Bioleft project in the framework of a series of talks organized by the […]

For the third year in a row, Bioleft has won the support of the Conservation, Food and Health Foundation. Thanks […]

On Tuesday, May 18, we held a virtual meeting with Milton Vélez, producer and plant breeder from the Province of […]

During the 2019-2020 summer campaign, Enrico Cresta, a maize producer and breeder who is a member of Bioleft and the […]

On Monday, May 10th, we held a closing and conclusions meeting of the participatory evaluation trial of creole tomatoes carried […]

As members of GOSSI (the Global Coalition of Open Source Seed Initiatives), from Bioleft we invite you to participate in […]

Bioleft’s network continues to grow. Last Tuesday, April 21st, we held the first Workshop on Participatory Improvement and Digital Technologies […]

In 1969, in an American context in which discontent with environmental problems was increasing, the senator from Wisconsin, Gaylord Nelson […]

The new Practical Manual on the Right to Seeds in Europe focuses on the steps that the European Union (EU) and the […]

The team of Laboratorio Nacional de Ciencias de la Sostenibilidad – Lancis, Instituto de Ecología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma […]

Introducing Bioleft’s series of technical webinars, designed to support different types of stakeholders with knowledge. We begin with one of […]

Native and creole seeds are the heritage of the peoples, but current regulatory frameworks threaten this heritage. The SemillAR program […]

On February 17, the ESRC STEPS Centre launched a series of virtual dialogues on methodologies, exploring the theme of ‘Challenging […]

On January 29 we had a working meeting with the MASIPAG team, a Philippine network that brings together 30,000 farmers. […]

The construction of Bioleft continues through the artisanal weaving of articulations and community ties. On Monday, December 14, a while […]

GOSSI, Global Coalition of Open Source Seed Initiatives, launches its website, with information about GOSSI’s mission and its member organizations. […]

A new open corn variety Bioleft is being developed, generated from the exchanges and synergies of two producer-breeders of our […]

On October 20, Bioleft participated in the global summit of the Creative Commons organization, #CCSummit, with a talk on the […]

On October 13, Patrick Van Zwanenberg participated for Bioleft in the international webinar Collaborative and Open Crop Breeding: Challenges and […]

En un trabajo colectivo, mejoradorxs y productorxs acordaron que el sabor es un objetivo primordial en el mejoramiento de tomates.

The Steering Committee of the Global Open Source Seed Initiative – GOSSI elected the director of Bioleft, Anabel Marín, as […]

On September 24, more than fifty people from eleven countries – Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Spain, Portugal, […]

¡Salimos en la edición de invierno de la revista Tierra Negra! Muchas gracias por la invitación.

Educación pública, trabajo precario y semillas se ven afectadas por la pandemia. ¿Cómo cambian las prácticas sociales de transición en este contexto?

¿Para qué y para quién sirve la innovación? ¿Cómo desarrollar innovación para el bien común, ya no para el crecimiento económico? Estas preguntas vertebraron la conversación del panel Innovación, crecimiento ...

Next Tuesday, September 8th from 11 to 12.30, Anabel Marín, director of Bioleft, will present the proposal of the open […]

Productorxs, mejoradorxs, investigadorxs y semillerxs comienzan a tejer una red común para evaluar semillas de tomate adecuadas a manejos agroecológicos.

We are happy! We were invited to participate in the summer issue 2020 of XRDS – Crossroads, theAssociation for Computing […]

What would plants look like if they were designed by those who plant and harvest them? Forage plants are the […]

Ante más de ochenta personas de diversos países de América latina, la directora de Bioleft explicó la potencialidad de un sistema de semillas abiertas y mejoramiento participativo.

The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation renews its vote of confidence in Bioleft as a transformative tool in the transition […]

On Tuesday, May 26, ten open seed organizations from five continents met by video conference to advance a common agenda. […]

Este artículo resume cuatro años de trabajo conjunto, internacional y transdisciplinario de la Red Pathways - Transformative Knowledge Network, investigaciones acerca del impacto del conocimiento como herramienta de transformación social. ...

Hoy 26 de abril celebramos el Día Internacional de las Semillas 2020, o International Seed Day 2020. Miles de organizaciones […]

Our research colleagues at  STEPS Centre (UK) published this article a few days ago, which reflects on the role of […]

Bioleft se orienta cada vez más a promover y facilitar el mejoramiento participativo y colaborativo. Aquí, integrantes de la red […]

How do you choose a good corn? A group of breeders and producers worked with participatory methodologies to co-define observation variables

Seedy Sunday es una de las ferias de intercambio de semillas más importantes de las islas británicas; según sus organizadorxs, […]

Almendra Cremaschi y Pablo Pérez viajaron a la Ciudad de México para facilitar una capacitación sobre licencias y plataforma para productorxs, mejoradorxs, investigadorxs, funcionarixs y activistas.

What do you see when you see a tomato? What do tomato producers look at to eat it, sell it […]

Como parte de los tres experimentos que Bioleft conduce para testear y ajustar su red de mejoramiento colaborativo, durante 2019 […]

Cada año, la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO, por su sigla en inglés) […]

Bioleft went through a process of intense growth in its early years, becoming a laboratory of research, co-design and implementation […]

La V Semana de la Agroecología organizada por la Red Nacional de Municipios y Comunidades que Fomentan la Agroecología (RENAMA) […]

Anabel Marín, directora de Bioleft, participa del Primer Seminario Internacional sobre agro, biotecnología, plantas y propiedad intelectual, organizado por la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Buenos Aires y ...

Bioleft participa de la conferencia internacional Transformations 2019, en Santiago de Chile, que aborda procesos transdisciplinarios de cambio. 

“El problema es que los países del Norte tienen unos derechos de propiedad flexibles que les permiten apropiarse de la […]

Bioleft surgió a través de un proceso de cocreación en los T-Labs o Laboratorios de transformación. El 15 de octubre, el equipo facilitará un taller sobre esta metodología en la ...

Más de doscientas personas se comprometieron a sembrar, multiplicar y devolver semillas de tomate criollo, manteniendo su información genética siempre […]

La directora de Bioleft, Anabel Marín, fue invitada a participar del programa No dejes para mañana, en Radio con Vos. […]

El jueves 29 de agosto comienza la ¡octava! edición de la HacksHackers Media Party, festival de innovación en medios y […]

En el marco de un plan experimental, el criadero Cultivos del Sur

Este año, la biocapacidad anual de la Tierra fue totalmente consumida al 29 de julio. En 2019 usaremos los recursos de casi dos planetas. Esta es la fecha de Sobregiro ...

We are happy! Soon open seeds will be circulating in Mexico. The Global Consortium for Sustainability Outcomes (GCSO) selected a […]

Tras un largo proceso en el que se presentaron 300 proyectos de todo el mundo, Bioleft fue seleccionado junto a otras 15 organizaciones por The Conservation, Food & Health Foundation ...

“Today, just four giant companies control more than 60 percent of all the world’s seed sales”. The New York Times […]

The reflection on the importance of the open seeds is not of local importance, but global, and especially relevant for […]

Heterogeneous, intense and hopeful. Such was the ambient at the workshop on Open Innovation and seeds that was held on […]

El viernes 5 de abril abriremos la segunda temporada del ciclo de Ciencia Abierta y Ciudadana con el taller “Innovación abierta y semillas para el desarrollo”. La idea es trabajar ...

Open systems have no borders. On January 21, Anabel Marín, director of Bioleft, was part of a discussion on #STIPolicy […]

Between February 14 and March 2, we will be part of a collaborative workshop to redesign food models with a view to environmental and social sustainability, at MediaLab Prado, Madrid, ...

By Patrick Van Zwanenberg At the launch of STEPS America Latina in 2015, one of the themes that we focused […]

En el marco de la discusión sobre la ley de Semillas, manifestamos la necesidad urgente de generar un debate abierto y participativo acerca de las posibles direcciones de este cambio ...

Bioleft is a network that is strengthened with each new node that is added. This week, we started working together […]

Durante el Encuentro de Intercambio de Semillas Nativas y Criollas, en Tucumán, se transfirieron cinco variedades mejoradas de maíz y una forrajera.

The team of CENIT Foundation showcased Bioleft initiative in front of a diversse audience interested in open systems.

A team of seed breeders from University of Buenos Aires transferred seeds to farmers for the first time under a new kind of open source contract, Bioleft.

Anabel Marín, coordinadora de Bioleft, presentó la iniciativa en el encuentro internacional.