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contents of Farmers' Rights Farmers' Rights are basically about enabling farmers to maintain and develop crop genetic resources as they have done since the dawn of agriculture, and recognizing and rewarding them for this indispensable contribution to the global pool of genetic resources. One reason why the negotiators of the International Treaty were not able to agree on a definition on Farmers' Rights was that the situation of farmers differs so greatly from country to country, as do the perceptions of Farmers' Rights. With no official definition of Farmers' Rights, there is uncertainty as to what the concept involves, and thus also to how these rights can be realized. Thus, it is important to establish a common ground of understanding in order to develop a fruitful dialogue among stakeholders on necessary measures to be taken. The Farmers' Rights Project has compiled and analysed current perceptions and on this basis developed a working definition. Read more:  Two approaches to Farmers'
Rights Approaches to protecting
farmers' traditional knowledge Approaches to ensuring equitable
benefit sharing Approaches
to ensuring farmers' participation in decision-making Approaches to farmers' customary
use of propagating material Conditions for the combination of
approaches Towards a
common ground of understanding What this may mean in
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