Participatory plant breeding to promote Farmers' Rights: October 2007

The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the Treaty) is the first legally binding international agreement that explicitly recognizes farmers' rights. The normative content of the Treaty's Article 9 on farmers' rights is relatively open-ended. It sets the scene fo...

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Main Authors: Halewood, Michael, Deupmann, P., Sthapit, B.R., Vernooy, Ronnie, Ceccarelli, S.
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: 2007
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104886
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author Halewood, Michael
Deupmann, P.
Sthapit, B.R.
Vernooy, Ronnie
Ceccarelli, S.
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description The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the Treaty) is the first legally binding international agreement that explicitly recognizes farmers' rights. The normative content of the Treaty's Article 9 on farmers' rights is relatively open-ended. It sets the scene for proactive and imaginative national-level implementation and for continued normative evolution at the international level by the Treaty's Governing Body. There are, of course, numerous potential complementary ways to promote farmers' rights. Perhaps the most commonly cited substantive element of farmers' rights is the right to save and exchange seed and the concomitant need to actively guard those rights through policy and legal means. Another commonly cited element is the right to earn benefits from the commercialization of farmers' varieties; adjusting national seed laws to allow the registration and commercialization of farmers' varieties would support farmers in this regard. These strategies are important and need to be supported. This brief seeks to raise the profile of participatory plant breeding (PPB) as an additional, complementary and powerful strategy for advancing the rights and interests of farmers.
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spelling CGSpace1048862025-11-05T08:25:01Z Participatory plant breeding to promote Farmers' Rights: October 2007 Halewood, Michael Deupmann, P. Sthapit, B.R. Vernooy, Ronnie Ceccarelli, S. international agreements farmers plant breeding breeders rights The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the Treaty) is the first legally binding international agreement that explicitly recognizes farmers' rights. The normative content of the Treaty's Article 9 on farmers' rights is relatively open-ended. It sets the scene for proactive and imaginative national-level implementation and for continued normative evolution at the international level by the Treaty's Governing Body. There are, of course, numerous potential complementary ways to promote farmers' rights. Perhaps the most commonly cited substantive element of farmers' rights is the right to save and exchange seed and the concomitant need to actively guard those rights through policy and legal means. Another commonly cited element is the right to earn benefits from the commercialization of farmers' varieties; adjusting national seed laws to allow the registration and commercialization of farmers' varieties would support farmers in this regard. These strategies are important and need to be supported. This brief seeks to raise the profile of participatory plant breeding (PPB) as an additional, complementary and powerful strategy for advancing the rights and interests of farmers. 2007 2019-10-15T15:43:33Z 2019-10-15T15:43:33Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104886 en Open Access application/pdf Halewood, M.; Deupmann, P.; Sthapit, B.R.; Vernooy, R.; Ceccarelli, S. (2007) Participatory plant breeding to promote Farmers' Rights. n. 7 p.
spellingShingle international agreements
farmers
plant breeding
breeders rights
Halewood, Michael
Deupmann, P.
Sthapit, B.R.
Vernooy, Ronnie
Ceccarelli, S.
Participatory plant breeding to promote Farmers' Rights: October 2007
title Participatory plant breeding to promote Farmers' Rights: October 2007
title_full Participatory plant breeding to promote Farmers' Rights: October 2007
title_fullStr Participatory plant breeding to promote Farmers' Rights: October 2007
title_full_unstemmed Participatory plant breeding to promote Farmers' Rights: October 2007
title_short Participatory plant breeding to promote Farmers' Rights: October 2007
title_sort participatory plant breeding to promote farmers rights october 2007
topic international agreements
farmers
plant breeding
breeders rights
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104886
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