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What are Farmers' Rights
(FR)? This website is about Farmers' Rights (FR) as
they are addressed in the International
Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Farmers' Rights
are basically about enabling farmers to continue their work as stewards and
innovators of agricultural biodiversity, and about recognizing and rewarding
them for their contribution to the global pool of genetic resources.
Thus, Farmers' Rights are critical to ensuring the conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources for food and agriculture and consequently for food security – today and in the future. Farmers' Rights are also a central means in the fight against rural poverty in developing countries. More > About this website  This website has been developed as a
tool for decision makers, practitioners, and others involved in the realization
of Farmers' Rights. It is also intended as an information source for
researchers and other interested individuals. Here you will find information on the history, legal status and contents of Farmers' Rights, on the state of implementation of these rights, and a comprehensive database on legislation and policies. You will find concrete recommendations on how to go about implementing Farmers' Rights in your own country, including a workshop module for free use and success stories from all over the world. The prospects for implementing Farmers' Rights internationally are also discussed, and you will find overviews of literature and organizations related to Farmers' Rights, a calendar of coming events, and answers to 'frequently asked questions' (FAQ). This is the official website of the Farmers' Rights Project of the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI), brought to you with the support of the sectorial GTZ project People, Food and Biodversity which is implemented on behalf of the German BMZ. Responsible for the contents of www.farmersrights.org is FNI Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Farmers' Rights Project, Regine Andersen. Contact details >
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website additions: (09.09.2008) Added new book by Regine Andersen (2008): Governing Agrobiodiversity: Plant Genetics and Developing Countries (Aldershot, UK: Ashgate) (08.08.2008) Added European Commission Directive 2008/62/EC on seed (08.08.2008) Added new report by Adhikari, Kamalesh (2008): Intellectual Property Rights in Agriculture: Legal Mechanisms to Protect Farmers' Rights in Nepal (Kathmandu: Forum for Protection of Public Interest (PRO PUBLIC) and South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment (SAWTEE)) (13.06.2008) added Report from the CBD-COP9 side-event 'Implementing Farmers' Rights in Practice' (11.06.2008) New report on success stories from the realization of Farmers' Rights published (22.05.2008) Website launched |
Farmers' Rights Project
c/o Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway
Website last updated 25 September 2008