The fifth factsheet in this series look at what it means for a farmer to be seed sovereign.
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5 May 2017
Factsheet: Seed sovereignty for farmers
- Farmers’ rights, farmer seed systems under threat by Enhancement of Multilateral System of Access and Benefit Sharing under the ITPGRFA
- South Africa’s plant breeders’ rights laws undermine farmers’ rights to seed and lock out farmer-managed seed systems
- CVAB welcomes Burkina Faso’s decision to terminate “Target Malaria” project
- Historic turning point for South Africa’s Pesticide Policy Framework: Department of Agriculture hosts first-ever inclusive colloquium
- We don’t need genome editing to ensure Africa’s food sovereignty
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