Joining efforts to develop capacity for the full implementation of

Farmers’ Rights: the Joint Capacity Building

Programme

Juanita Chaves Posada

Vienna, Austria

24 October, 2016

CONTENT

• Background

• Objectives

• Beneficiaries

• Activities

• Partners

BACKGROUND

Programme of Work Sustainable Use of PGRFA: Training and capacity building on Famers’ Rights and SU (supporting initiative)

BACKGROUND

Unawareness of Farmers’ Rights

Misunderstanding

Lack of knowledge on how to implement

Few information

BACKGROUND

Facilitate support in building capacity for the implementation of Farmers’ Rights (Resolution 8 GB5)

BACKGROUND

Assistance from appropriate sources in the provision of financial and technical support (Resolution 6 GB4)

BACKGROUND

Capacity building support should be available to CP to enable an effective implementation of the ITPGRFA (Business Plan GB5)

Goal 1: The Secretary will develop partnerships with FAO units, international institutions and

organizations

BACKGROUND

The Governing Body request the Secretary, subject to the availability of financial resources, to launch and implement a Joint Capacity Building Programme with GFAR and other relevant organizations on Farmers’ Rights (Resolution 5 GB6)

OBJECTIVES

• Enhance consensus and promote dialogue

• Increase awareness on the value of informal seed systems

• Increase awareness on the role of rural women

• Upscale lessons learned and success stories

• Promote and strengthen networks

• Mobilize resources

• Promote policies and legal instruments

• Promote the co-existence of the informal and formal seed systems

BENEFICIARIES

• Farmers and specially smallholder farmers

• Decision makers

• Academia

• Private sector

• Researchers

• Civil society

ACTIVITIES

National Meetings on Farmers’ Rights

Malawi

Honduras

Guatemala

Costa Rica

ACTIVITIES

Capacity Building Materials

ACTIVITIES

Public awareness

ACTIVITIES

Legal support

• Voluntary Guide for National Seed Policy Formulation

• Exchange information/adopted or drafted national legislation

• Technical studies

… THROUGH JOINT ACTIONS

CURRENTLY AND IN THE NEAR FUTURE…

• Farmers’ Rights included in projects funded by the SGP of GEF

• Interest including Farmers’ Rights within GIAHS initiative

Juanita.chaves@fao.org

http://www.gfar.net/our-work/partnerships-impact-0

THANK YOU VERY MUCH