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Description:Farmers' Rights are essential for maintaining crop genetic diversity, which is the basis of all food and agricultural production in the world. The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture recognizes Farmers' Rights and provides for relevant measures. However, implementation is slow, and in many countries there is resistance. This book shows the necessity of realizing Farmers' Rights for poverty alleviation and food security, the practical possibilities of doing so, and the potential gains for development and society at large. Itprovides decision-makers and practitioners with a conceptual framework for understanding Farmers Rights and success stories showing how each of the elements of Farmers' Rights can be realized in practice. The success storieshave brought substantial achievements as regards one or more of the four elements of Farmers' Rights: the rights of farmers to save, use, exchange and sell farm-saved seed; the protection of traditional knowledge; benefit- sharing; and participation in decision-making. This does not mean that theseexamples are perfect. Challenges encountered on the wayare conveyed and offer important lessons. The storiesrepresentdifferent regions and localities, including Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, as well as various categories of stakeholders and types of initiatives and policies.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Realising Farmers' Rights to Crop Genetic Resources: Success Stories and Best Practices. To get started finding Realising Farmers' Rights to Crop Genetic Resources: Success Stories and Best Practices, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 233

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Routledge

Release: 2013

ISBN: 1299744281

Description: Farmers' Rights are essential for maintaining crop genetic diversity, which is the basis of all food and agricultural production in the world. The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture recognizes Farmers' Rights and provides for relevant measures. However, implementation is slow, and in many countries there is resistance. This book shows the necessity of realizing Farmers' Rights for poverty alleviation and food security, the practical possibilities of doing so, and the potential gains for development and society at large. Itprovides decision-makers and practitioners with a conceptual framework for understanding Farmers Rights and success stories showing how each of the elements of Farmers' Rights can be realized in practice. The success storieshave brought substantial achievements as regards one or more of the four elements of Farmers' Rights: the rights of farmers to save, use, exchange and sell farm-saved seed; the protection of traditional knowledge; benefit- sharing; and participation in decision-making. This does not mean that theseexamples are perfect. Challenges encountered on the wayare conveyed and offer important lessons. The storiesrepresentdifferent regions and localities, including Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, as well as various categories of stakeholders and types of initiatives and policies.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Realising Farmers' Rights to Crop Genetic Resources: Success Stories and Best Practices. To get started finding Realising Farmers' Rights to Crop Genetic Resources: Success Stories and Best Practices, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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