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| HOW TO REALIZE FARMERS' RIGHTS AT THE
NATIONAL LEVEL: Creating awareness sector wise Creating awareness sector wise can be done by inviting representatives from the various relevant organizations and institutions within each of the sectors pertaining to Farmers' Rights to sector wise workshops and/or seminars. This can be done at the national and/or regional level, depending on the size of the country and available resources. This is a list of sectors which are relevant: 
 Farmers'
organizations Food and agriculture authorities
(parliamentary committees, ministries and related agencies vested with the
management of crop genetic resources, including intellectual property
rights) NGOs Research institutions and
extension services involved agriculture and crop genetic resources Seed industry Seminars and/or workshops can be designed mainly with lectures, information sharing, in more interactive ways, or as a combination of these methods. Probably the effect is higher, the more the participants are involved in the seminars/workshops. Also, the effect is probably higher, if there are more than one seminar or workshop for each of the sectors, so that reflections on the topic can mature and the understanding be deepened. You can read more about the contents relevant for such workshops and/or seminars here and about inspiring success stories illustrating Farmers' Rights here. Where to put the emphasis depends on the level of knowledge and awareness in the respective sectors. Central questions to rise in a workshop or seminar based on, and guided by, these contents can be:
What
contents of Farmers' Rights are important in our country? Why are Farmers' Rights important in our country? What is the role of our sector in protecting and promoting
Farmers' Rights? What can the institutions in
our sector do to ensure that this role is
fulfilled?Advantages:
This
approach is useful to create awareness across the institutions in each sector
and thus to clarify how the sector as such may contribute to the realization of
Farmers' Rights.
It is a
useful approach to improve the potentials for collaboration within the sectors
in this regard.
The
approach is instrumental in helping sectors such as farmers' organizations to
develop joint perceptions and voice their needs and priorities in subsequent
national consultation processes on Farmers' Rights. As such it might be an
important precondition for the participation of farmers in the implementation
of Farmers' Rights in the country.Disadvantages
The
number of participants from each institution will be lower than by an
institution wise approach. To counterbalance this situation to some extent, the
participants can be encouraged to disseminate the contents of the
seminar/workshop in their respective institutions.
This
approach can be demanding because it involves several workshops and
seminars.
The
approach does not contribute to broadening the perspectives across
sectors.Pages in this sub-section:
STEP 1: CREATING AND ENHANCING AWARENESS ON THE
IMPORTANCE OF FARMERS' RIGHTS Creating awareness in central organizations and
institutions Creating awareness sector wise Creating awareness across
sectors Creating awareness through
the media Creating
awareness through other means |
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