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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)

WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC)
Research institutions working in fields related to Farmers' Rights
Bioversity International

CABI

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
Crops Research Institute

Fridtjof Nansen Institute

International Institute for Enviroment and Development: Biocultural Heritage

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

MS Swaminathan Research Foundation

National Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research

Rodale Institute

The Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research

NGOs and CSOs working in fields related to Farmers' Rights

NGOs and CSOs by regions
International	Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) ETC Group International Land Coalition (ILC) International People's Agroecology Multiversity (IPAM) Practical Action Seed Change (formerly USC Canada) Slow Food International The Development Fund The Global Partnership for Plant Conservation Grain IFOAM - Organics International International Land Coalition (ILC) Rikolto (previously VECO/Vredeseilanden)
Africa	Centre for Environmental Policy and Advocacy (CEPA) (Malawi) Community Technology Development Trust (CTDT) Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) Association
Asia	Gene Campaign (India) GREEN Foundation (India) Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD) (Nepal) South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment (SAWTEE) Southeast Asia Regional Initiatives for Community Empowerment (SEARICE)
Europe	Arche Noah (Austria) Bäuerliche Erzeugergemeinschaft Schwäbisch Hall (BESH) (Germany) Centro Internazionale Crocevia (Italy) Norwegian Association of Biological-Dynamic Farmers (Norway) Pro Specie Rara (Switzerland) Public Eye (formerly Berne Declaration) (Switzerland) Réseau Semences Paysannes (RSP) (France) SAVE Foundation Verein zur Erhaltung der Nutzpflanzenvielfalt e.V. (VEN) (Germany) Wästgötarna (Sweden)
Latin America and the Caribbean	Association for Nature and Sustainable Development (ANDES) (Peru) Centro de Educacion y Tecnologia para el Desarrollo del Sur (CETSUR) (Chile) Grupo Semillas (Colombia)
Near East	Centre for Sustainable Development and Environment (CENESTA)
North America	Institute for Food and Development Policy (Food First) Heritage Grain Conservancy Local Harvest Grassroot Solutions (Heritage Wheat Project) (Canada)
South-West Pacific	The Seed Savers Network (Australia)

Farmers' organizations

Farmers' organizations by regions
International	La Via Campesina World Farmers' Organization (WFO)
Africa	Agri SA (South Africa) Confédération FEKRITAMA (Madagascar) Conseil National de Concertation et de Coopération des Ruraux (CNCR) (Senegal) Coordination National des Organisations Paysannes (CNOP) (Mali) Farmers Union of Malawi (Malawi) Fédération des Paysans du Fouta Djallon (FPFD) (Guinea) Fédération des Unions de Producteurs du Benin (FUPRO) (Benin) Kenya National Farmers’ Federation (KENAFF) (Kenya) Tanzania Federation of Cooperatives (TFC) (Tanzania) Zambia National Farmers Union (NFU) (Zambia)
Asia	Cambodian Farmer Federation Association of Agricultural Producers (CFAP) (Cambodia) National Cooperative Federation of Nepal (NCF) (Nepal) Serikat Petani Indonesia (SPI) (Indonesia)
Europe	Arbeitsgemeinschaft bäuerliche Landwirtschaft e.V. (AbL) (Germany) Boerenbond Belge (Belgium) Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners (MTK) (Finland) Confédération Paysanne (France) Confederazione Italiana Agricoltori (Cia) (Italy) Confederazione Nazionale Coldiretti (Italy) Confederação dos Agricultores de Portugal (CAP) (Portugal) Coordinadora de Organizaciones de Agricultores y Ganaderos (COAG) (Spain) Deutscher Bauernverband (Germany) Federation of Agricultural Association (FAA) (Armenia) Fédération Nationale des Syndicats d’Exploitants Agricoles (FNSEA) (France) Fédération Unie de Groupements d'Eleveurs et d'Agriculteurs (FUGEA) (Belgium) Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) (Ireland) Landwirtschaftskammer Österreich (LK) (Austria) LTO Nederland (Netherlands) National Farmers' Union (NFU) (United Kingdom) NFU Scotland (United Kingdom) NOrdBruk (Sweden) Norwegian Farmers' and Smallholders' Union (Norway) Norwegian Farmers Union (Norway) Sindicato Labrego Galego (Spain) Swiss Farmers' Union (Switzerland) Ulster Farmers' Union (United Kingdom) Unión de Pequeños Agricultores y Ganaderos (UPA) (Spain) Uniterre (Switzerland) Vereinigung zum Schutz der kleinen und mittleren Bauern (VKMB) (Switzerland) Vlaams Agrarisch Centrum (VAC) (Belgium)
Latin America and the Caribbean	Asociación Mexicana de Uniones de Crédito del Sector Social (AMUCSS) (Mexico) Asociación Nacional de Mujeres Rurales e Indígenas (ANAMURI) (Chile) Brazilian Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock (CNA) (Brazil) Confederación Nacional de Federaciones de Cooperativas Campesinas (CAMPOCOOP) (Chile) Confederación Nacional de Organizaciones Campesinas, Indígenas y Negras (FENOCIN) (Ecuador) Coordinadora Nacional de Organizaciones Campesinas (CNOC) (Guatemala) Federacion Agraria Argentina (FAA) (Argentina) Movimento de Mulheres Camponesas (MMC) (Brazil) Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens (MAB) (Brazil) Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais sem Terra (MST) (Brazil) Red de Semillas Libres de Colombia (RSL) (Colombia) Sociedad Rural Argentina (SRA) (Argentina)
Near East	Palestinian Farmers' Union (PFU) (Palestine) Tunisian Union of Agriculture and Fisheries (UTAP) (Tunisia)
North America	Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) (Canada) Christian Farmers' Federation of Ontario (CFFO) (Canada) National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) (United States of America) National Farmers Union (NFU) (Canada) National Farmers Union (NFU) (United States of America)
South-West Pacific	National Farmers' Federation (NFF) (Australia)

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International organizations and agreements relevant to Farmers' Rights

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