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AASCO The Association of American Seed Control Officials
The Association of American Seed Control Officials is an organization of seed regulatory officials from the United States and Canada. The Association was organized in 1949, from an outgrowth of regional meetings held in various parts of the United States. The members meet annually to discuss mutual concerns of seed law enforcement, to be updated on new developments in the seed industry, and to update the Recommended Uniform State Seed Law (RUSSL) which the organization developed and maintains as a "model" law for states and federal programs.
AFSTA African Seed Trade Association
The African Seed Trade Association arose out of a need to have a regional representative body for the seed industry, which could also serve to promote the development of private seed enterprises.
AOSA Association of Official Seed Analysts
The Association of Official Seed Analysts (AOSA) is an organization comprised of member laboratories which are staffed by certified seed analysts. Such seed testing facilities include official state, federal, and university seed laboratories across the United States and Canada.
AOSCA Association of Seed Certifying Agencies
Established 1919 as the International Crop Improvement Association. Current member agencies are from Argentina (1), Australia (1), Canada (2), New Zealand (1), and the United States (42) and are the official seed certifying agencies in their respective countries.
APSA Asia & Pacific Seed Association
ASTA American Seed Trade Association
Founded in 1883, the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) is one of the oldest trade organizations in the United States. Its membership consists of about 850 companies involved in seed production and distribution, plant breeding, and related industries in North America. As an authority on plant germplasm, ASTA advocates science and policy issues of industry-wide importance.
CSSAC Commercial Seed Analysts Association of Canada Inc.
The CSAAC was founded in 1944 and became an Incorporated Not-for-Profit Organization in 1997. The Association has over 100 Members across Canada and the United States.
EC European Commission
ESA European Seed Association
The new ESA European Seed Association was founded in November 2000 and merges the former members, i.e. associations as well as individual companies into one single EU wide organisation representing the totality of the European seed industry active in research, breeding, production and marketing of seeds.
FAO United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
The Food and Agriculture Organization was founded in October 1945 with a mandate to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity, and to better the condition of rural populations
FELAS Federacion Latinoamericana de Asocianciones de Semillas
ICARDA International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
Established in 1977, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) is one of the 16 centers strategically located all over the world and supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). With its main research station and offices based in Aleppo, Syria, ICARDA works through a network of partnerships with national, regional and international institutions, universities, non-governmental organizations and ministries in the developing world; and with advanced research institutes in industrialized countries.
ILAC International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation
ILAC is an international cooperation of laboratory and inspection accreditation bodies.
ISF International Seed Federation
The International Seed Federation (ISF) is a non-governmental, non-profit organization representing the seed industry. With members spread over 70 developed and developing countries on all continents, ISF represents the mainstream of the world seed trade and plant breeders community, and serves as an international forum where issues of interest to the world seed industry are discussed.
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ISO is a network of the national standards institutes of 146 countries, on the basis of one member per country, with a Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, that coordinates the system.
ISST The International Society of Seed Technologists
The International Society for Seed Science was inaugurated on January 28, 1999 at the 6th International Seed Workshop in Merida, Mexico. Its objects are to foster and promote research, education and communication in respect of the scientific understanding of seeds.
NASDA National Association of State Departments of Agriculture
The mission of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture is to support and promote the American agriculture industry, while protecting consumers and the environment, through the development, implementation, and communication of sound public policy and programs.
OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
The OECD is the main reference for the certification and standardisation of certain agricultural commodities and inputs. The work of the Organisation in this area, which involves both Member and non-Member economies, focuses on the creation of common criteria in order to facilitate international trade.
SCST Society of Commercial Seed Technologists
The Society of Commercial Seed Technologists is a organization comprised of commercial, independent and government seed technologists. Formed in 1922, the SCST functioned as a liaison between the Association of Official Seed Analysts (AOSA) and the American Seed Trade (ASTA). The SCST has developed over the years into a progressive organization that trains and provides accreditation of technologists, conducts research studies and proposes rule changes, and serves as an important resource to the seed industry.
UPOV International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) is an intergovernmental organization with headquarters in Geneva (Switzerland). It is based on the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, as revised since its signature in Paris on December 2, 1961. The objective of the Convention is the protection of new varieties of plants by an intellectual property right.
WTO World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world's trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. The goal is to help producers of goods and services, exporters, and importers conduct their business.
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Latest issue of SEED TESTING INTERNATIONAL
(ISTA News Bulletin) No. 138 October 2009 for available download
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PRESS RELEASE
World food security: urgent measures on seed needed
...read more about the outcome of the
Second World Seed Conference 2009
held September 8-10,
in Rome, Italy
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29th ISTA Congress 2010 (June 15-22)
Profit from the reduced fee for early registrations until Feburary 28, 2010
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REPORTS
ISTA Annual Meeting June 15-18, 2009 Glattbrugg, Switzerland
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Newly adopted:
Position Paper on ISTA's view regarding the units for the reporting of quantitative results on presence of seeds with specified traits in conventional seed lots
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ISTA Seed Mixture Experiment
ISTA is initiating an experiment to collect information that may be used to determine the reliability of seed mixture test results and establish tolerances.
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Universal List of Species
ISTA has published a list of 130 plant species that accredited laboratories may wish to include in their seed collections
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Accreditation Documents for the Testing of Specified Traits
Related Documents for download
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ISTA / ISF Experiment on Herbage Seed Lot Size
The ISTA / ISF Experiment on Herbage Seed Lot Size
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ISTA signs Memorandum of Understanding with FAO
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