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Capacity development is one of the key means of implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework which sets out an ambitious plan to bring about a transformation in society’s relationship with biodiversity and to ensure that, by 2050, humanity lives in harmony with nature. This long-term...
Category: Strategies and Action Plans
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
In September 2021, the UN Secretary-General will convene a Food Systems Summit and a Pre-Summit is planned for the last week in July. In this connection, Norway has proposed the game-changing idea Putting farmers’ and indigenous peoples´ access to crop diversity first, in seed policy and practice...
Category: Strategies and Action Plans
Regions: Europe; Global
Publication year: 2021
This publication of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) aims to facilitate the understanding of the legal obligations of the Parties under the Nagoya Protocol.The guide, elaborated in collaboration with ABS experts from different regions and international institutions, serves as...
Category: Voluntary guidelines
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2012
This brief examines how current seed policies and laws in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda affect smallholder farmers’ practices in terms of seed selection, saving, and storage; replanting or multiplication; sharing; improvement; and marketing. The examination is based on three measures: the degree of recognition...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2017
In response to a request made at the Ninth Session of the Governing Body, the Secretariat organized a Global Symposium on Farmers' Rights. The Global Symposium aimed to share experiences, innovative approaches, effective policies and best practices, and to promote learning between participants on implementing...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2023