Download here the Final Report CSO African Consultation on the implementation of Farmers’ Rights CIFAN Nyéléni Village – Selingue, Mali From 17 to 20 July 2018 Introduction Forty participants, from 17 African countries, representing peasants, pastoralists, small-scale farmers, women organizations, NGOs and organizations active in food sovereignty, met from 17 to 20 July 2018 in Nyéléni, Selingue, Mali, to defend their rights on seeds for food sovereignty. The meeting has been organized by International Planning Committee (IPC) for Food Sovereignty and hosted by Coordination Nationale des Organisations Paysanne (CNOP), and it has been supported by Brazilian, Malian and Norwegian Government, and financed by the Cooperation South-South of FAO. Fundamental principles The preamble of the Treaty recognizes the contribution of farmers in conserving, improving and making available Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA). The participants of the African Consultation consider peasants, as defined in the draft […]
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DECLARATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS AT THE 28th FAO REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR AFRICA We, African civil society organizations composed of farmers, herders/pastoralists, artisanal fisherfolk, consumers, NGOs, human rights movements, women, youth, academics, artisans, indigenous people urban poor, we met in Tunis on 21 and 22 March 2014 as part of the 28th FAO Regional Conference for Africa, and after discussing the situation in the agricultural development of Africa, food security and nutrition, family farms, natural resources (land, water, pasture, forests, etc.), we make the following observations: Participants appreciate: 1- the establishment of the FAO strategic framework for partnership with civil society. They appreciate the efforts of PAFO and its member UMNAGRI for organizing this consultation which brought together participants from 35 African countries with a representation of 47% women ; 2- the efforts of the CSA through the adoption of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure […]