Join us for a book launch of the new publication: Labelling and certification schemes for Indigenous Peoples’ foods - Generating income while protecting and promoting Indigenous Peoples’ values

12 September 2022, 11:00 am CEST

Language: English only

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Holistic market approaches are increasingly seen as tools for Indigenous Peoples to promote and preserve their food systems, while asserting their right to development. Building markets that are respectful of the values, rights, creative work and knowledge systems of Indigenous Peoples, while at the same time generating a fair income, poses a challenge.

In this context, FAO worked in collaboration with the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), to analyse examples of labelling and certification schemes developed by Indigenous Peoples’ or applied in marketing Indigenous Peoples’ biocultural products in different regions of the world. The objective of the review was to explore ways in which Indigenous Peoples may engage with the market to generate a fair income while protecting and promoting socio-cultural values in their food systems.

The book launch will seek to answer the core question of the review through different examples all over the world: What makes marketing schemes for Indigenous Peoples successful?

Speakers

Opening

Benjamin Davis, Director, Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division
Anthony George Simpson, Ambassador of  New Zealand,  Permanent Representative to the UN Agencies in Rome
Carlo Fadda, Director of Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Annelie Bernhart, principal co-author of the publication, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

Practices and schemes for Indigenous Peoples’ foods Labelling and Certification

Florence Tartanac, Senior Officer,  FAO Food and Nutrition Division
Moko Morris, Māori people, New Zealand soil and Health Association/Hua Parakore food producer
Karen Mapusua, Pacific Organic and Ethical Trade Community (POETCom)
Mathew John, Keystone Foundation & Last Forest

Closing

Anne Brunel, Co-coordinator Global-Hub on Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems, FAO Indigenous Peoples Unit
Nancy Aburto, Deputy Director, Food and Nutrition Division
Fatouma Seid, Deputy-Director, Partnership and UN Collaboration Division

Moderator

Yon Fernández de Larrinoa, Head of the FAO Indigenous Peoples Unit