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RESOURCES:
Farmers' Rights in Ethiopia. A Case
Study
Feyissa, Regassa (2006): Farmers' Rights in
Ethiopia. A Case Study FNI Report 7/2006. (Lysaker, Norway: The Fridtjof
Nansen Institute) |
Summary
This study highlights
perceptions of different stakeholders, the achievements made, and existing
barriers and opportunities regarding the implementation of farmers' rights in
Ethiopia. It also proposes possible measures to be taken at the global
level.
The study reveals that development of various legislative
measures to implement the formulated policies is lagging, and the level of
awareness among various stakeholders regarding the issues of farmers' or
community rights is still found to be rather low. For these reasons, and
because it involves diverse social, economic and cultural elements, the
realisation of farmer rights is a challenging task in the Ethiopian context. To
overcome the challenges at the national level, concerted support from the
international community through the Governing Body of the International Treaty
on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is critically important.
The international community should support efforts to minimize the serious
problems of erosion of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture which
takes place in almost all countries. This requires clear commitments by states
and intergovernmental actors to protect and support farm communities in order
to ensure universal food security for the present and the future.
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