International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Farmers' Rights

Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Farmers’ Rights

At its Seventh Session, in 2017, the Governing Body decided to establish an Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (Expert Group) on Farmers’ Rights. The Expert Group was tasked with:

  • producing an inventory of national measures that may be adopted, best practices and lessons learned from the realization of Farmers’ Rights, as set out in Article 9 of the International Treaty; and
  • based on the Inventory, developing options for encouraging, guiding and promoting the realization of Farmers’ Rights, as set out in Article 9 of the International Treaty.

At its Eighth Session, in 2019, the Governing Body welcomed the significant progress made by the Expert Group in fulfilling its tasks. The Governing Body also welcomed the Inventory of national measures, best practices and lessons learned from the realization of Farmers’ Rights, as set out in Article 9 of the International Treaty (Inventory), produced by the Expert Group.

The Governing Body decided to reconvene the Expert Group so as to enable the finalization of the task of developing the Options for encouraging, guiding and promoting the realization of Farmers’ Rights, as set out in Article 9 of the International Treaty.

For the composition of the Expert Group 2020–2021, please click here.

 

 The Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Farmers’ Rights

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