Video: Can seed testing keep up with the big challenges ahead?
France’s national seed testing station, SNES, is celebrating its 140th anniversary in 2024. Its challenges are bigger today than ever. Among other pressures, SNES — like every seed testing agency — is now facing climate change and the changes that accompany Europe’s agroecological transition away from chemical inputs. Can the seed testing sector collectively meet the hurdles ahead? Seed World sat down with Clotilde Polderman-Roussille, the head of SNES, to talk about what’s ahead for seed testing, and how SNES and its counterparts around the world can keep up.