Find relevant organizations
In this section, you will find links to selected websites and other resources of relevance to Farmers' Rights.
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International organizations and agreements relevant to Farmers' Rights
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA)
See particularly (ITPGRFA):
- Information on Farmers' Rights
- The Inventory of national measures, best practices and lessons learned from the realization of Farmers’ Rights, as set out in Article 9 of the International Treaty
FAO Global Plan of Action - Facilitating Mechanism
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
The Global Crop Diversity Trust
United Nations Human Rights Council
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
WTO Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
Research institutions working in fields related to Farmers' Rights
Centre for Genetic Resources, Wageningen University
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
- CGIAR Research Centers:
Africa Rice Center (WARDA)
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
International Potato Center (CIP)
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
WorldFish
International Institute for Enviroment and Development: Biocultural Heritage
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
MS Swaminathan Research Foundation
- CGIAR Research Centers:
NGOs and CSOs working in fields related to Farmers' Rights
Farmers' organizations