Rome, 11/06/2019 The seed industry and North American countries obstruct progress in advancing farmers’ rights over seeds The second meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Farmers’ Rights finished on 24 May 2019 at the FAO HQ in Rome without completing its mandate. The Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) put the expert group in place in 2017, with the task to provide guidance for advancing the realization of peasants’ and Indigenous Peoples’ rights over seeds. These rights are recognized and guaranteed by the ITPGRFA, but implementation by States is lacking. The decision to put in place the expert group came after years of pressure by peasants’ and Indigenous Peoples’ organizations of the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC), which gained support from some countries. During last week’s meeting, the group agreed on a methodology for collecting […]
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Download here the Final Report Regional Consultation of Latin America and the Caribbean on the Implementation of Farmers’ Rights Seberi, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 20 April 2018 Introduction The 40 participants representing farmers, indigenous, women and pastoralist organizations of the Regional Consultation of Latin America and the Caribbean on the Implementation of Farmers’ Rights coming from 13 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, meeting in Seberí, Río Grande do Sul, Brazil, between 17 and 20 of April, 2018 celebrated the opportunity to meet each other to continue weaving alliances, links and exchanges, strengthening our commitment to defend the seeds for Food Sovereignty. During four days we bear out, once again, the fundamental role that peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean had as a center of origin of biodiversity and culture, from which large part of the seeds that feed humanity today have risen. Corn, sacred […]
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 […]
The following document is the result of the Regional Consultation held in Kediri, East Java (Indonesia) concerning the implementation of Article 9 of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. The Consultation was attended by 40 participants representing peasants and other small-scale farmers, indigenous peoples and women from Asia and the Pacific. The Regional Consultation for the defense of food sovereignty and the protection of peasants and farmers’ rights took place between 10 and 13 July 2018. Download here the Final Report Regional Consultation of Asia and the Pacific on the Implementation of Indigenous Peoples & Peasants’ Rights to Plant Genetic Resources for Food & Agriculture Kediri, East Java, Indonesia 13 July 2018 Introduction The 40 participants representing peasants and other small-scale farmers, indigenous peoples, and women’s organizations of the Regional Consultation of Asia and the Pacific on the Implementation of Indigenous Peoples & Peasants’ […]
Rome, 28 February 2017 The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the “Treaty”) wants to end its collaboration with DivSeek initiative. The Treaty played the role of facilitator in the Initiative. It used to be a guarantor for new members, and used to establish a perfect connection to international policies regarding genetic resources. Although there are not official communications from the Treaty, there were clear signals of its withdrawal. For this reason, the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC) supports it and request to all members of DivSeek Initiative to do the same. In this note, IPC for Food Sovereignty aims to explain the opposition, in principles and in practice, between the Treaty and DivSeek Initiative. For this purpose, it is necessary to understand under which framework DivSeek has been created and how it developed. The Global Crop Diversity Trust[1](today it […]