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    The Inventory

    This online version of the Inventory presents, for each measure, the title and a brief description with information on implementing organization(s), start year, objectives, core elements, key outcomes, and, if applicable, lessons learned. It thus allows users to quickly identify those examples that may be of interest to them. A hyperlink to the original submission is provided, which includes additional information, such as on the history and context of the presented measure, challenges encountered, or target groups reached. In this way, users can get a more comprehensive idea of the measure in question and the specific context for which it was developed.
     
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    Number of records: 233

    226) Farmers' Rights to Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Implementation of the Plant Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol in Bulgaria (RIGHTS)

    The Norwegian Centre for Genetic Resources at the Norwegian Institute for Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), together with the Institute of Plant Genetic Resources ‘K. Malkov’ in Bulgaria, participated in a project on the implementation of the Plant Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol (2015-2016). The purpose was to propose elements for a national strategy supporting Farmers' Rights in the context of the International Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol, both signed and ratified by Bulgaria. The Norwegian partner actively engaged in workshops and seminars and offered a study tour to Norway for a group of six Bulgarian representatives of target groups. They visited the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, NIBIO, farmers as well as organizations that are part of value chains using PGRFA. Further activities included developing a report on best practices for the realization of Farmers' Rights; a list of measures for implementation of Farmers' Rights; a draft strategy for PGRFA in Bulgaria; and capacity building workshops. The project activities contributed to enhancing awareness and capacities regarding key aspects of Farmers’ Rights, including methods to study policies and processes and to reach consensus on important topics and issues of relevance for farmers' access to PGRFA.

    Category: 9.Training, capacity development and public awareness creation

    Type of measure/practice: Technical

    227) Global consultations on Farmers' Rights

    Norway, in cooperation with research organizations of the respective host country and the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, has been involved in three global consultations on Farmers' Rights, which took place in Lusaka, Zambia in 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 2010 and in Bali, Indonesia in 2016. All consultations sought to involve a wide range of participants, representing various stakeholders and regions. All consultations shared the purpose of producing constructive proposals to the sessions of the Governing Body regarding how to further enhance the implementation of Farmers' Rights. The second consultation consisted of an e-mail-based survey and an international conference with regional components, allowing more experts and stakeholders to participate. Participants actively engaged and shared views, experiences and examples of best practices relating to the implementation of Farmers’ Rights and discussed issues affecting their realization. Besides providing information to contracting parties and the Governing Body, these consultations have also strengthened the national implementation of Farmers' Rights in some countries and contributed to awareness raising among government representatives and other stakeholders. The documented experiences could thus serve as examples of options for encouraging, guiding and promoting the realization of Farmers’ Rights.

    Category: 9.Training, capacity development and public awareness creation

    Type of measure/practice: Others

    228) Collaborative research to assess germplasm for climate-change adaptation and food security in mountain areas of Albania

    The Agricultural University of Tirana, through its Institute of Plant Genetic Resources and the Department of Crop Sciences and in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in 2015 started an initiative to characterize and evaluate Albanian germplasm and to promote the sharing of benefits arising from the use of these resources. Core components of the collaborative research include: (1) identification of germplasm accessions from ex situ collections; (2) characterization and evaluation of stored and newly collected accessions; (3) identification of accessions of local crops resistant to climate change, pests and diseases; and (4) multiplication of identified accessions and the distribution of planting material to farmers. Results of this collaboration had improved the capacities of low-income farmers in mountain areas and staff of national institutions to better adapt to climate change; promoted conservation and utilization of locally adapted crop varieties; local seed systems were strengthened through on-farm conservation of PGRFA; and enhanced food security of poor farmers living in the mountain areas.

    Category: 7.Participatory approaches to research on PGRFA, including characterization and evaluation, participatory plant breeding and variety selection

    Type of measure/practice: Technical

    229) Zimbabwe Seed Sovereignty Programme: Increasing Resilience of the Resource Poor Farmers through Seed Sovereignty

    In 2014, PELUM-ZWE, the Zimbabwe Small Holder Organic Farmers Forum (ZIMSOFF) conceived the idea of a collaborative and strategic multi-year programme to strengthen Farmer Managed Seed Systems in Zimbabwe. In December 2014, theyinvited five organisations to establish a collaborative partnership that links isolated work on seed and respond to contextual factors affecting seed sovereignty. A multi-year programme titled the Zimbabwe Seed Sovereignty Programme (ZSSP) was born. ZSSP is underpinned by agroecological principles and its vision is towards seed sovereignty of farming communities who depend and rely their livelihoods on crop production. Its purpose is to protect and promote farmers rights. Core components included: (1) improving capacities to produce enough quantity, quality and diversity of locally suitable seed varieties to meet food and nutrition, cultural, agro-biodiversity and other livelihood needs of the participating farmers, (2) strengthening smallholder farmer solidarity, policy influence power and resilience in the face of climate change and climate change impacts and growing corporate control of seed, and (3) improving government recognition and support for farmers’ rights to seed, farmer-led community seed systems and associated seed sovereignty of farmers.

    Category: 10.Legal measures for the implementation of Farmers’ Rights, such as legislative measures related to PGRFA.

    Type of measure/practice: Technical; Others

    230) Promotion of the commercialization and added value of agrobiodivesity of indigenous communities

    Family farming practiced by the indigenous communities of the Cotacachi canton is characterized by being on a small scale, the use native seeds, led mainly by women, production is used primarily for self-consumption and a small amount intended for commercialization. With these characteristics, there were many difficulties to market their products at a fair price, there was no specific marketing mechanism for the producers. In 2006, the Union of Indigenous Peasant Organizations of Cotacachi, Ecuador in collaboration with the Community Organization of Andean Women began the peasant fair to sell directly to urban consumers. The objectives of this initiative include: generate economic income for farmers, especially indigenous women; promote a short marketing circuit for agro-diverse farms and promote peasant enterprises/companies that add value to the production of agro-diverse farms. Core components include: short marketing circuits - peasants' fair led by indigenous women, added value to native crops from agro-diverse farms and peasant business management. The initiative has had the following key outcomes: a peasant fair in operation, with the infrastructure of the peasant organization located in the urban part of the city of Cotacachi; 350 farmers, 85% being women, are selling their production directly to urban consumers; community organization of indigenous women has been strengthened; there is an increased income by 30% in participating families and two peasant enterprises that add value to native crops in operation.

    Category: 3.Approaches to encourage income-generating activities to support farmers’ conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA

    Type of measure/practice: Technical