About the Project
The Union Française des Semenciers brings together and represents the companies based in France whose business is variety improvement and the production and marketing of seed and young plants, for agriculture, for gardens and for landscapes.
Created in 2009 out of six pre-existing federations covering cereals and pulses, forage and turf, vegetables and ornamentals, oilseeds, maize, and beet and chicory, it gathers more than a hundred seed companies, which invest on average 11% of their turnover in research and development. It has four stated missions: to promote the expertise and the professions of seed companies, to represent its members and open dialogue with their stakeholders, to work for regulatory and economic conditions that allow innovation, and to deliver services addressing the problems its members face.
