Report on AFSA’s attendance at the FAO Symposium on Agricultural Innovation for Family Farmers: Unlocking the potential of agricultural innovation to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals FAO Headquarters, Rome, 21–23 November 2018 Katie Johnston Vice President, AFSA Background AFSA is a member of the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC), a global alliance […]
The Fight for Farmers’ Rights to Seed
Background The idea of farmers’ rights arose in international governance in the early 1980s, a reaction to the increased demand for plant breeders’ rights, and to ensure farmers’ continued contribution to the global genetic pool – addressing the rights not of individuals, but of entire peoples. Its purpose was also to draw attention to the […]
Civil Society Calls for Agroecology not GMOs at FAO Meeting in KL
Following is the final statement made by civil society organisations at the recent FAO meeting in Kuala Lumpur: FAO Regional Conference on Agricultural Biotechnologies in Sustainable Food Systems and Nutrition in Asia-Pacific 13 September 2017 Civil Society Statement If we see biotech as part of a small farmer’s ‘toolbox’, then we must ask what it […]