Farmers' Rights
-
Farmers' Rights are a precondition for the maintenance of crop genetic diversity, which is the basis of all food and agriculture production in the world. Basically, realizing Farmers' Rights means enabling farmers to maintain and develop crop genetic resources as they have done since the dawn of...
-
AccessAgriculture Training Video Depuis des siècles, partout dans le monde, les agriculteurs sont les gardiens de semences de cultures et les sélectionneurs de nouvelles variétés. Les décideurs politiques ont souvent de la difficulté à reconnaître les anciens droits des agriculteurs de conserver...
- Aussi disponible en:
- English (en)
- Español (es)
-
AccessAgriculture Video Nous agriculteurs, hommes et femmes, avons le droit de vendre nos semences, de les conserver et de les échanger. S’ils nous interdisaient d’échanger ou de vendre nos semences de patate, cela mettrait fin à nos vies parce que c’est ce dont nous dépendons. Langues...
- Aussi disponible en:
- English (en)
- Español (es)
-
Africa’s agriculture along with its millions of small-scale food producers is up for sale - to the highest bidders. Millions of US dollars have been invested by (international) seed companies in African agriculture in a bid to control the seed sector on one hand. On the other hand, farmers have...
- Agrobiodiversity is the foundation of sustainable agricultural development. It includes the diversity of plants, animals, fish, trees and microbes that are used directly or indirectly for food and agriculture. The human race could not survive without access to this diversity, which enables plant...
-
FAO, 2021 A Tool to Strengthen Local Land Governance Respecting free, prior and informed consent is a collective right that belongs to every member of a community. This means that communities have the right to make decisions through their own freely chosen representatives and their institutions,...