Due to the current climatic and geopolitical upheavals, French and European agriculture needs to adapt and deploy solutions more rapidly. The seeds and seedlings sector, which is also affected, is playing a more strategic role than ever. Its ability to meet the expectations of different types of farming, the State and Society is based on several essential pillars: innovation, maintaining production capacity, preserving leadership, and protecting and enriching biodiversity. In this context, SEMAE is launching its new strategic project «Horizon 2027», which aims at speeding up its transformation and adapt the industry to the agro-ecological transition.

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SEMAE is the French Interprofessional Organisation for Seeds and Plants.

SEMAE facilitates discussions, exchanges, and decision-making by all stakeholders of the seed sector.

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The certification of seeds and seedlings public service is carried out by SOCFrance, the official service for control and certification of seeds and plants.

SOC also verifies compliance with phytosanitary regulations. SOC is a specific technical department in charge of the public mission entrusted to SEMAE by French regulation. The department is run by a senior state official appointed by the Ministry of Agriculture, who also represents France at the OECD and UNECE on matters involving seeds certification.

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