International Farmers’ Seed Meetings, Antibes, France (2024)
This final report documents the 2024 International Farmers’ Seed Meetings held in Antibes, France. It describes the event’s aims to bring together farmers, collectives, researchers, NGOs, decision-makers and citizens to share knowledge, strengthen networks, raise public awareness of cultivated biodiversity, and promote solutions for resilient, agroecological food systems. The report summarises logistics, governance and programming (including a steering committee and a programming working group), attendance figures, international participation and visa challenges, funding and in-kind support, farm visits, a broad programme of 18 technical workshops and major conferences, public-facing cultural activities, and media outputs (podcasts, videos, photo coverage). Thematic highlights include exchanges on selection, production, storage, machinery, collective organisation, regulation and patenting, migration and seeds, gender, microbial seed life, evolving populations, and links between farmers and research/gene banks. The report gathers participant testimonials emphasizing cross-cultural exchange, practical learning, and the movement-building role of such meetings.
Key topics: farmers’ seeds, cultivated biodiversity, networks, forum and events, agroecology, seed policy, LLD Forum
