Previously, the ACB shared with you, easy to read seed posters on intellectual property rights, UPOV 1991, the Arusha Plant Variety Protection Protocol, etc., and implications for smallholder farmers and farmers’ rights. Now, we are happy to announce the release of the second set of easy-to-read seed posters, dealing with seed laws that regulate the release, certification, and marketing of seed nationally and regionally.

These posters represent our continuing efforts to share knowledge and information about the threats these laws pose to the protection of farmers’ rights, farmer-managed seed systems and food sovereignty.

WHAT IS A SEED LAW?

Seed-Law

Afrikaans | English | French | Portuguese | Shona | Swahili | Xhosa | Zulu

What is Quality Declared Seed?

Quality-declared-seed

Afrikaans | English | French | Portuguese | Shona | Swahili | Xhosa | Zulu

What are the DUS criteria?

DUS-Criteria

Afrikaans | English | French | Portuguese | Shona | Swahili | Xhosa | Zulu

Impacts of Seed Laws on farmer-managed seed systems

Seed-Laws-FMSS

Afrikaans | English | French | Portuguese | Shona | Swahili | Xhosa | Zulu

Harmonisation of Africa’s seed laws through SADC and COMESA

SADC-COMESA

Afrikaans | English | French | Portuguese | Shona | Swahili | Xhosa | Zulu

Impacts of harmonisation of seed laws on farmer-managed seed systems and small scale farmers

Harmonisation-FMSS

Afrikaans | English | French | Portuguese | Shona | Swahili | Xhosa | Zulu

Seed sovereignty for small-scale farmers

Seed-Sovereignty

Afrikaans | English | French | Portuguese | Shona | Swahili | Xhosa | Zulu

Seed-Law-AfrDownload