| 词条 | ESA European Seed Association | ||||||||||||
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| image = ESA_logo_wikipedia.jpg | caption = | formation = November 2000 | type = Non-profit trade association | status = | purpose = Representing members in the plant breeding, agriculture, and biotechnology industries | headquarters = Brussels, Belgium | leader_title = President | leader_name = Nigel Moore | leader_title2 = Secretary General | leader_name2 = Garlich von Essen | name = ESA European Seed Association | abbreviation = ESA | location = | region_served = European Union, European Economic Area | website = www.euroseeds.eu }} The ESA European Seed Association is a trade association for the seed industry in the European Union and the European Economic Area. An umbrella organization of national seed associations and individual seed companies, their members represent all aspects of the European seed industry including research, plant breeding, and the production and marketing of seeds of agricultural, horticultural and ornamental plant species. It was founded in November 2000 and was granted the legal status of international non-profit International Association (AISBL) according to Belgian law in April 2002. Its headquarters are located in Brussels, Belgium. HistoryFollowing increasing inter-organizational cooperation begun in 1998, four separate European seed trade associations were merged into a single organization, the ESA, in 2000. They were COSEMCO (seed trade, founded in 1961), ASSOPOMAC (potato breeders, founded in 1964), AMUFOC (forage seed production, founded in 1970) and COMASSO (plant breeders, founded in 1977). Functions and scope of activities{{Prose|section|date=September 2012}}According to the ESA's mission statement, it is "the voice of the European seed industry and represents companies and national organisations active in research, breeding, production and marketing of seeds of agricultural, horticultural and ornamental plant species."[1] The ESA serves as a lobby group for all seed industry-related issues in the European Union and European Economic Area and specifically on:
It also works on collective problems of its membership such as market access in other countries. ESA represents the European seed industry via the European institutions (European Commission, European Parliament, Council of Ministers) as well as the EU's Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) and numerous European and international bodies and organisations. Observer statusThe ESA has been granted observer status with the following organizations:{{citation needed|date=September 2012}}
EventsEach year in October, ESA holds its Annual Meeting and the European Seed Trade Meeting which is attended by around 900 participants from industry as well as policy makers, representatives of the European Commission, the EU's Community Plant Variety Office, and international organizations such as UPOV, FAO OECD, the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA).[2] MembershipEuropean Seed Association (ESA) represents over 100 members out of which 35 are national seed associations from EU Members States and the wider Europe. Next to these association members, ESA's membership also comprises 52 individual direct company members, both multi-national as well as specialised small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and 24 associate members from seed related industries, media and academia and from outside of Europe.[3] ESA presidents
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.euroseeds.org/what-we-do|title=ESA European Seed Association. ESA Mission Statement|publisher=}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://esa.conceptum.eu/|title=ESA Annual Meeting 2018 - Home Page|website=esa.conceptum.eu}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.euroseeds.org/who-we-are/members|title=ESA European Seed Association. Members|publisher=}} Further readingThe following contain material on the activities of the ESA:
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