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Sowing Diversity=Harvesting Security (SD=HS) Program (II) – policy work

The Sowing Diversity=Harvesting Security (SD=HS) program is a joint effort of the civil society organization Oxfam, acting as coordinator, and its partners, including NGOs, farmer organizations, public institutions and government agencies. Its objective is to ensure that indigenous peoples and smallholder farmers enjoy their rights and gain capacity to access, develop and use PGRFA to improve food and nutrition security under climate-change conditions. Core component of the SD=HS local-to-global policy work include policy and legal measures that support the implementation of Farmers’ Rights. One key finding is that Farmers’ Rights cannot be realized if the role of farmers’ seed systems is not fully understood and supported by (inter)national policies, legislations and mechanisms. For example, some national seed laws allow only certified seeds of registered varieties to be marketed or exchanged, which negatively affects farmers’ seed systems and ignores opportunities to leverage the skills and entrepreneurship of smallholder seed producers. Establish¬ing legal frameworks that suit the needs and capacities of farmers can enhance the production of quality seed of both modern and traditional varieties and provide a major pathway to increase crop diversity in farmers’ fields, to adapt to climate change and to contribute to several SDGs.

DOI	(not set)
Most relevant categories	Training, capacity development and public awareness creation
Also relevant categories	Recognition of local and indigenous communities’, farmers’ contributions to conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA, such as awards and recognition of custodian/guardian farmers Approaches to encourage income-generating activities to support farmers’ conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA Catalogues, registries and other forms of documentation of PGRFA and protection of traditional knowledge In-situ/on farm conservation and management of PGRFA, such as social and cultural measures, community biodiversity management and conservation sites Facilitation of farmers’ access to a diversity of PGRFA through community seed banks, seed networks and other measures improving farmers’ choices of a wider diversity of PGRFA. Participatory approaches to research on PGRFA, including characterization and evaluation, participatory plant breeding and variety selection Farmers’ participation in decision-making at local, national and sub-regional, regional and international levels Training, capacity development and public awareness creation Legal measures for the implementation of Farmers’ Rights, such as legislative measures related to PGRFA.
Institution/organization	Non Governmental Organization
Provision of Art. 9 addressed	Art. 9.1; Art. 9.2a; Art. 9.2b; Art. 9.2c; Art. 9.3
Types	Others
Countries	Myanmar; China; Nepal; Zambia; Peru; Guatemala; Uganda; Viet Nam; Zimbabwe; Lao People's Democratic Republic
Regions	Global
Keywords	Capacity development; Farmers’ Rights; Indigenous communities; Local varieties; Seed system; Smallholder farmers
Resource link	https://www.fao.org/3/ca8715en/ca8715en.pdf

DOI

(not set)

Most relevant categories

Training, capacity development and public awareness creation

Also relevant categories

Recognition of local and indigenous communities’, farmers’ contributions to conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA, such as awards and recognition of custodian/guardian farmers
Approaches to encourage income-generating activities to support farmers’ conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA
Catalogues, registries and other forms of documentation of PGRFA and protection of traditional knowledge
In-situ/on farm conservation and management of PGRFA, such as social and cultural measures, community biodiversity management and conservation sites
Facilitation of farmers’ access to a diversity of PGRFA through community seed banks, seed networks and other measures improving farmers’ choices of a wider diversity of PGRFA.
Participatory approaches to research on PGRFA, including characterization and evaluation, participatory plant breeding and variety selection
Farmers’ participation in decision-making at local, national and sub-regional, regional and international levels
Training, capacity development and public awareness creation
Legal measures for the implementation of Farmers’ Rights, such as legislative measures related to PGRFA.

Institution/organization

Non Governmental Organization

Provision of Art. 9 addressed

Art. 9.1; Art. 9.2a; Art. 9.2b; Art. 9.2c; Art. 9.3

Types

Others

Countries

Myanmar; China; Nepal; Zambia; Peru; Guatemala; Uganda; Viet Nam; Zimbabwe; Lao People's Democratic Republic

Regions

Global

Keywords

Capacity development; Farmers’ Rights; Indigenous communities; Local varieties; Seed system; Smallholder farmers

Resource link

https://www.fao.org/3/ca8715en/ca8715en.pdf