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31) From farmers’ rights to the rights of peasants: seeds and the biocultural turn
In light of the ongoing agrobiodiversity erosion process, the article delves into the history of crop genetic resources governing instruments to show how the international agrobiodiversity regime has evolved from a limited appreciation of the contribution of farmers/peasants to a broader recognition...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Africa; Asia; Europe; Global; Latin America and the Caribbean; Near East; North America; South West Pacific
Publication year: 2021
32) Multilateral Regulatory Regimes and Plant Breeding
A number of governments are now introducing or have recently introduced new national seed laws. The authors review some of the issues that developing country governments should consider as they review these laws.While the review is not exhaustive, it seeks to contribute to the debates and encourage further...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
33) FAO Strategy on Mainstreaming Biodiversity across Agricultural Sectors
The FAO strategy on mainstreaming biodiversity was approved at the FAO Conference in 2019, in view of preparations for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. The Strategy aims to mainstream biodiversity across agricultural sectors at national, regional and international levels in a structured and...
Category: Strategies and Action Plans
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
34) Enhancing the functioning of the Multilateral System of Access and BenefitSharing under the Plant Treaty – Results from an international survey
FNI Policy Brief 4 2022 Despite major achievements, the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing (MLS) under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) is not functioning according to expectations, and negotiations in this regard came to a halt in...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2022
35) Report of the Seventeenth Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
The Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture released a report of its seventeenth regular session. The overall objective of this document is to assist governments considering developing, adapting or implementing legislative, administrative or policy measures for access and benefit-sharing...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2019