This submission contains several grounds upon which AFSA is seeking urgent interventions by ARIPO, the AU and the UNECA to urgently revise the draft ARIPO PVP Protocol to protect farmers rights and the right to food.
2 July 2014
Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) submission to ARIPO, AU and UNECA for urgent intervention in draft ARIPO Plant Variety Protection Protocol, in order to protect farmers’ rights and the right to food
- Farmers’ rights, farmer seed systems under threat by Enhancement of Multilateral System of Access and Benefit Sharing under the ITPGRFA
- South Africa’s plant breeders’ rights laws undermine farmers’ rights to seed and lock out farmer-managed seed systems
- CVAB welcomes Burkina Faso’s decision to terminate “Target Malaria” project
- Historic turning point for South Africa’s Pesticide Policy Framework: Department of Agriculture hosts first-ever inclusive colloquium
- We don’t need genome editing to ensure Africa’s food sovereignty
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