WE ARE A GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM
Value for Sustainable Cultivation and Use from EUROPE and NOT ONLY

We are a group of VCU representatives from Europe and not only. Together we represent
one way of thinking.

About Us

OUR VISION

The European VSCU Group is a platform for dialogue between the examination offices that coordinate and manage testing of the Value for Sustainable Cultivation and Use of agricultural species. We want every office to know how the others work, and to learn from it.

By exchanging experience and discussing testing methods, including new ones, we work towards a harmonised implementation of the EU rules, so that farmers across Europe get varieties that perform well and can be grown sustainably.

What we do

Variety testing happens in the field, in the laboratory and in the meeting room.
A few examples of the work of the offices in the group.

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Test on controlled fields

We perform a variety of tests

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We teach

We teach the new generation

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VCU trials

Country based VCu trials

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Sustainable

Varieties that need fewer inputs

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Safeguard the nature

Less pressure on soil, water and biodiversity

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Test diseases

Resistance to pests and diseases

We do

The examination offices of the group test new varieties of agricultural species
and share what they learn, so that testing is done in a comparable way across Europe.

VCU tests

Field trials over several years and locations show whether a new variety is a real improvement.

EU rule adjustments

We follow changes in EU seed legislation and discuss how to apply them in the same way.

Consult

Offices ask each other for advice on trial design, protocols and assessment methods.

VCU results

Yield, quality and resistance results are the basis for adding a variety to a national list.

Statistics

We compare the statistical methods used to analyse trials and to decide on a variety.

Help

New colleagues and offices get answers and contacts from those who have done it before.

SO WHAT YOU THINK ?

Do you work with variety testing, or have a question about the group and its sessions?
Write to us, we will pass it on to the right office.

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