How can you proceed to promote Farmers' Rights in your country, according to the provisions in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture? A set of options for the realization of Farmers’ Rights may provide guidance. Also, a stepwise approach for the process is offered

The extent to which Farmers' Rights can be implemented in a country is not only dependent on the needs and priorities within the country. Often it is also subject to the obligations and commitments that the country has under various international agreements to which it is bound. Sometimes, ratifying specific international agreements – often related to intellectual property rights – are preconditions for entering into bilateral and regional trade agreements, thus putting extra pressures on countries in these directions. Thus, mainstreaming Farmers' Rights is not only important at the national, but also at the international level.

Important work is being carried out between the sessions of the Plant Treaty’s Governing Body to prepare the ground for negotiations and the adoption of resolutions on Farmers’ Rights. These inter-sessional processes contribute to framing the topics of negotiation and creating common ground of understanding among parties and stakeholders. This has been decisive to the results achieved by the Governing Body. Here you can read about relevant processes between the sessions of the Treaty’s Governing Body.

The Plant Treaty provides the international platform for negotiations on the realization of Farmers’ Rights related to crop genetic resources. Here you can read about the negotiations on Farmers’ Rights at each of the sessions of the Governing Body of the Plant Treaty.

Since the entry into force of the Plant Treaty, Farmers’ Rights have been a hot topic for negotiations in the Treaty’s Governing Body. What should the contents be, more precisely? And how to realize Farmers’ Rights? Here you can read about the negotiations at each of the sessions of the Governing Body and about the inter-sessional processes providing the points of departure for those negotiations. As Farmers’ Rights are affected by other international regimes as well, a brief overview of relevant processes is offered.

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This section will reflect on the state of realization of Farmers' Rights in different countries and regarding the various elements of these rights. The key barriers to achieving Farmers' Rights as well as possibilities to overcome them will also be highlighted here.

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To understand the provisions on Farmers' Rights in the International Treaty, it is useful to review the history of negotiations regarding these rights. Since Farmers' Rights were first taken up in international negotiations in 1986, important clarifications have been made.

The Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is in the process of defining contents of Farmers’ Rights.