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International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

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    The Inventory

    This online version of the Inventory presents, for each measure, the title and a brief description with information on implementing organization(s), start year, objectives, core elements, key outcomes, and, if applicable, lessons learned. It thus allows users to quickly identify those examples that may be of interest to them. A hyperlink to the original submission is provided, which includes additional information, such as on the history and context of the presented measure, challenges encountered, or target groups reached. In this way, users can get a more comprehensive idea of the measure in question and the specific context for which it was developed.
     
    To facilitate navigation, the Inventory is subdivided into eleven categories. Measures or practices that fall under more than one category are listed under each one that applies. Furthermore, information is provided on the type(s) of measures that are typically involved, such as technical, administrative, legal, and/or others, and on the relevant sub-article of Article 9 that is addressed. Additional search options allow searching by country, region, free text and keyword.
     
     
     
     
     
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    76) Building Food Sovereignty Based on Local Community Food Sources

    The Indonesian Biodiversity Foundation, established in 1994,is one of the institutions that provides support for the conservation and preservation of Indonesia's biodiversity. The Foundation provides financial and technical support to civil society organization and local communities who are working on conservation, development and preservation of biodiversity. The Foundation believes that food security can be achieved through conserving and utilizing local biodiversity as a source of income to improve the economy of farming communities, as well as promoting the importance of crop diversification. One of the work they carried out in supporting agricultural development is building food sovereignty based on local community sources. It supported various activities in 2013 to 2019, such as with local communities and other entities.: (1) development and cultivation of sorghum plants on farmers' land, (2) increasing farmer capacity: cultivation-post-harvest-processing-consumption; entrepreneurship, economic balance, food nutrition, (3) promotion, education, advocacy, (4) support for post-harvest and processing tools and (5) synergy and networking with the local and national governments. The Foundation also promotes recognition of people who have contributed to conservation efforts, e.g. Maria Loretha, one of the sorghum conservationists.

    Category: 3.Approaches to encourage income-generating activities to support farmers’ conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA

    Type of measure/practice: Technical; Others

    77) National IPR tools and measures supporting Article 9 of the ITPGRFA: geographical indications, trademarks and the new ‘swissness’ regulation

    In Switzerland, several intellectual property right tools and measures are mutually supportive to Article 9 of the Treaty, including geographical indications, trademarks, as well as the new ‘swissness’ legislation. The Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG) is the leading entity for geographical indications for agricultural products, and the Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI) is responsible for trademarks and the ‘swissness’ legislation. The system for registration of geographical indications has been in place since 1997 and is contained in the Federal Act on Agriculture. The Trademark Protection Act dates from 1992 and the ‘swissness’ legislation is in place since 2017.The latter establishes rules in the Trademark Protection Act concerning the conditions under which a product or service may be labelled as being ‘Swiss’. In particular, it strengthens the protection for using 'Made in Switzerland' and the Swiss Cross, and it contributes to preventing any wrongful use of the ‘Swiss made’ brand. This set of measures ensures the long-term value of products developed from specific regional PGRFA, through fostering public awareness and recognition of farmers’ efforts to use and maintain these PGRFA, in the sense of Article 9 of the Treaty.

    Category: 10.Legal measures for the implementation of Farmers’ Rights, such as legislative measures related to PGRFA.

    Type of measure/practice: Administrative; Legal

    78) Awards for farmer-breeder who contribute to the conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA

    Since 2017, the Government of Indonesia, in collaboration with the Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University, Malang, East Java, has created awards with the aim to encourage and acknowledge farmers’ participation in the conservation and use of local germplasm, including breeding activities. Two categories of awards are available: one for farmer-breeder and a second one for local government units where a high number of local varieties has been registered and utilized and/or developed. Farmers and local governments from all provinces of Indonesia qualify for nomination. As a result, farmers’ active participation in collecting, conserving and using germplasm for breeding activities has become more attractive for farmers and local governments alike.

    Category: 1.Recognition of local and indigenous communities’, farmers’ contributions to conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA, such as awards and recognition of custodian/guardian farmers

    Type of measure/practice: Administrative; Others

    79) Award for farmers who conserve genetic resources

    Since 2014, every two years, the National Commission on Genetic Resources (NCGR-Komnas SDG) is giving awards to farmers in recognition of their important role and contributions to conserving local biodiversity. The farmers are being selected from the nomination of the Regional Commission on Genetic Resources (RCGR-Komda SDG) coming from every province. Those farmers who conserve the highest level of intra- or inter-specific diversity of genetic resources, as well as those that actively utilize local genetic resources, can qualify for receiving the Award. Usually, 2-3 farmers receive Award (certificate of recognition and some monetary benefits) every time the Congress takes place. Lessons learned include that awards stimulate farmers' enthusiasm for conservation activities, particularly for the cultivation of endangered or underutilized crops.

    Category: 1.Recognition of local and indigenous communities’, farmers’ contributions to conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA, such as awards and recognition of custodian/guardian farmers

    Type of measure/practice: Administrative; Others

    80) Competitive fund of the Ministry of Agriculture of Chile to support innovation in the agricultural, agrifood and forestry sector

    The Foundation for Agricultural Innovation (FIA) is an agency of Chile’s Ministry of Agriculture, whose mission is to foster a culture of innovation in the agricultural, agri-food and forestry sectors by promoting, articulating and supporting initiatives by people and organizations that contribute to improving the livelihoods of farmers in all regions of the country. Main areas of work include, for example, sustainable agriculture, climate change adaptation, organic farming, agroecology and healthy food. Initiatives working in such areas can apply for competitive funds based on announcements of FIA and in case of success receive both technical as well as financial support. Through its work, FIA generates and strengthens platforms for collaboration among various actors in the productive sector and facilitates research, teaching, extension, advisory and consulting work, both by public and private actors.

    Category: 2.Financial contributions to support farmers conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA such as contributions to benefit-sharing funds

    Type of measure/practice: Technical; Others