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The Farmers' Rights Project – Background Study 8: Farmers' Rights in Peru: Farmers' Perspectives

The realization of Farmers’ Rights is crucial to the maintenance of Peru’s rich agro-biodiversity and for poverty alleviation. This report presents the perceptions and experiences of 180 farmers from various regions of the Peruvian Andes on issues related to Farmers’ Rights as they are addressed in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Also available in Spanish
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectFarming Systems
PublisherFridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI)
Publication year2008
RegionsLatin America and the Caribbean
LanguagesSpanish; English
Resource typePublications
Resource linkhttps://www.fni.no/getfile.php/132137-1469870387/Filer/Publikasjoner/FNI-R1608.pdf
KeywordsFarmers’ Rights; Agricultural biodiversity; Recognition of the role of farmers; Best practices approaches and techniques
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