Conduct and/or support activities for conserving, sharing and disseminating traditional knowledge relating to PGRFA.

Support farmers and farming communities to develop instruments to govern access to PGRFA over which they have established rights and traditional knowledge associated with PGRFA based on their local practices, procedures and community protocols.

Conduct and/or support promotional activities to strengthen sustainable consumption for products derived from the conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA.

Develop value-chains for local crops, varieties and evolutionary populations with specific adaptation, nutritional value, uses or other benefits.

Create and support markets for products issued from farmers’ varieties/farmers’ seed systems.

This is the third category of options to encourage, guide and promote the realization of Farmers’ Rights in the Options Document. It comprises options for approaches to encourage income-generating activities to support farmers’ conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA.

Contribute voluntarily to the Benefit-sharing Fund (BSF) of the International Treaty.

Provide funds for farmers, farming communities and their organizations who conserve, develop and sustainably use PGRFA, including for capacity development.

This is the second category of options to encourage, guide and promote the realization of Farmers’ Rights in the Options Document. It comprises options for the finantial contributions to support farmers’ conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA such as contributions to benefit-sharing funds.

Designate locally, nationally or Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems sites for the conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA and support farmers and their organizations in the sustainable management and governance of such sites.

Highlight the role and expertise of farmers, farming communities and their organizations in the conservation and/or development of PGRFA by mentioning their names and further details in official records.

Establish prizes and awards to honor custodian/guardian farmers, farming communities and their organizations who contribute to the conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA in an outstanding manner.