Enhance farmers’ and their organizations’ technical and/or organizational capacities, systems of knowledge and management that foster biodiverse systems, conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA.

This is the ninth category of options to encourage, guide and promote the realization of Farmers’ Rights in the Options Document. It comprises options for training, capacity development and public awareness creation.

Ensure representation and effective participation of farmers and/or their organizations in national advisory committees, commissions, councils or working groups addressing issues relating to the conservation, management and sustainable use of PGRFA.

Organize policy dialogue processes with participation of farmers and/or their representative organizations.

This is the eighth category of options to encourage, guide and promote the realization of Farmers’ Rights in the Options Document. It comprises options for farmers’ participation in decision-making at local, national and sub-regional, regional and international levels.

Involve farmers in the characterization, evaluation and selection of PGRFA, including landraces/farmers’ varieties, and/or new varieties, populations and genebank accessions.

Develop participatory plant breeding programmes or projects.

Conduct participatory research on other aspects of PGRFA.

This is the seventh category of options to encourage, guide and promote the realization of Farmers’ Rights in the Options Document. It comprises options for participatory approaches to research on PGRFA, including characterization and evaluation, participatory plant breeding and variety selection.

Establish and/or support community seed banks, seed clubs, seed houses, seed-saver networks or similar approaches.

Organize and/or support farmers’ seed festivals and fairs.

Facilitate farmers’ access to material from genebanks, research institutes, universities and the private sector.