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Declaration of the West African Peasants Seed Fair in Djimini

The 7th West African Peasants Seed Fair was held March 15-17, 2022, in Djimini, Senegal. Participants adopted a Declaration in support of continental advocacy for a new paradigm on seed governance and policies at the end of the three-day seed, knowledge, and experience exchange gathering. Over 400 people came out to support the West African Peasants Seed Committee (WACS), which was represented by farmers, farmers' organizations, development NGOs, women's groups, youth groups, and research institutes from Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. Their statement demands the adoption and implementation of a regulatory framework that promotes farmers' seed systems in the national patrimony of the States' genetic resources to protect them from third-party patentability to the detriment of farmers' communities. They also stated that the Alliance for Food Security in Africa (AFSA) regulatory framework could serve as a model for each CILSS, UEMOA, and ECOWAS member country.

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Автор: Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)
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Организация: Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)
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Год: 2022
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Географический охват: Африки
Категория: Статья в блоге
Язык контента: English
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