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What are Farmers' Rights?
How to realize Farmers' Rights
State of Farmers' Rights
International negotiations
Literature and other resources
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What are Farmers' Rights?
Why Farmers' Rights matter
The contents of Farmers' Rights
History of Farmers' Rights
The history of Farmers' Rights - An overview
First use of the concept
Origin of the concept in FAO
Farmers' Rights in the Keystone Dialogues
Conference resolutions on Farmers' Rights
The CBD and Agenda 21 on Farmers' Rights
Global Plan of Action
Breakthrough of the negotiations
The 'stewardship' and 'ownership' approaches to Farmers' Rights
The broader international policy context of Farmers’ Rights
How to realize Farmers' Rights
1. Options for recognition of farmers contributions
2. Options for financial contributions
3. Options for encouraging income-generating activities
4. Options for documentation of PGRFA
5. Options for in-situ on farm management of PGRFA
6. Options for farmers’ access to crop diversity (CSOs etc.)
7. Options for participatory research on PGRFA
8. Options for farmers’ participation in decision making
9. Options for training, capacity and awareness development
10. Options for legal measures to implement Farmers’ Rights
11. Options for other measures/practices
Stepwise approach
Step 1: Creating and enhancing awareness on the importance of Farmers' Rights
Step 2: Ensuring farmers' participation in the implementation process
Step 3: Developing a national consultative process, joining forces, pooling resources
Step 4: Establishing an institutional framework for implementation
State of Farmers' Rights
State of Farmers' Rights per topic
State of Farmers' Rights per country
Key barriers to Farmers' Rights
Prospects for Farmers' Rights
International negotiations
The Plant Treaty
Plant Treaty Negotiations
First Session of the Plant Treaty’s Governing Body, Spain, 2006
Second Session of the Plant Treaty’s Governing Body, Italy, 2007
Third Session of the Plant Treaty’s Governing Body, Tunisia, 2009
Fourth Session of the Plant’s Treaty Governing Body, Indonesia, 2011
Fifth Session of the Plant Treaty’s Governing Body, Oman, 2013
Sixth Session of the Plant Treaty’s Governing Body, Rome, 2015
Seventh Session of the Plant Treaty’s Governing Body, Rwanda, 2017
Eight Session of the Plant Treaty’s Governing Body, Italy, 2019
Ninth Session of the Plant Treaty’s Governing Body, India, 2022
Tenth Session of the Plant Treaty’s Governing Body, Italy, 2023
Inter-sessional processes
2005 - 2006: The Farmers’ Rights Project
2006 – 2007: The Lusaka Informal International Consultations on Farmers’ Rights
2007 – 2009: On-line consultations on Farmers’ Rights and other submissions
2009 – 2011: The Addis Ababa Global Consultations on Farmers’ Rights
2011 – 2013: Success stories and best practices – and other experiences
2013 – 2015: Compilation of submissions so far – and initiative towards UPOV
2015 – 2017: The Bali Global Consultation on Farmers’ Rights
2017 – 2019: An inventory of Farmers’ Rights
2019 – 2022: Options for the realization of Farmers’ Rights
2022 – 2023: Global Symposium on Farmers' Rights
2023 – 2025: Assessing the implementation of Farmers’ Rights, advancing their realization through strategic use of the Options and a global symposium
Other international processes
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
The Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
The Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP)
Literature and other resources
Global level and conceptual work
Regional and national levels
Africa
Asia
Europe
Latin America and the Caribbean
Near East
North America
South-West Pacific
Other literature relevant to Farmers' Rights
Literature on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Literature on community seed banks
Literature on other forms of community-based management of crop genetics
Literature on traditional knowledge relevant for the realization of Farmers’ Rights
Literature on access and benefit-sharing relevant for Farmers' Rights
Literature on the effects of intellectual property rights and seed legislation on Farmers’ Rights
Literature on the effects of national seed and agriculture policies on the realization of Farmers' Rights
Other literature relevant for the realization of Farmers' Rights
Central international documents relevant to Farmers' Rights
Links to relevant organizations