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EC-LLD / News! n. 15 of September 2021
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SAVE the DATE!
Thursday, 30th September from 17:00 to 18:30
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Seed Policy Dialogues
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What is the FAO - International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture?
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What are the latest updates on Farmers' Rights?
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What perspective and action is of interest to the European panorama?
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As every month, we will dialogue with lawyer Fulya BATUR that makes a general presentation of the newsletter "Sprout from Brussel" and some highlights on EU seed marketing reform & EP INI on report Farm to Fork.
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Afterward, Mario MARINO from the FAO Treaty Secretariat will tell us the recent developments there have been on Farmers' Rights within the Treaty, with background and implementations.
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To conclude Riccardo BOCCI, an expert and participant in the Treaty process will try to give a focus on the Europe region.
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The webinar will be in English, Francais.
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Join us!
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EDITORIAL
The concept of Farmers' Rights was born in the early eighties, and was formally recognized by the FAO Conference towards the end of the decade. How did the legislation evolved since then? And which are the main elements in peasants’ rights to seeds?
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Farmers' Rights are critical to ensuring the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture and consequently for food security – today and in the future. In its Article 9, the International Treaty recognizes the enormous contribution that the local and indigenous communities and farmers of all regions of the world have made (particularly those in the centers of origin and crop diversity).
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As Let's Liberate Diversity!, European network for on-farm management, we are starting a two-way process to talk about this important issue. First, we will deal with the FAO treaty, then in the October Seed Policy Dialogue, we will deal with it within the UNDROP declaration. Give a look to the videoscribe produce within DYNAVERSITY project and join us to learn more!
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Sprouts from Brussel
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Is a monthly newsletter that wishes to inform the seeds and crop biodiversity movement across Europe on the policy developments which may have an impact on their activities.
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In September's issue:
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1. EC-LLD Seed Policy Dialogue
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2. Seed Marketing Reform – Inception Impact Assessment Responses
3. EP INI Report on Farm to Fork Strategy
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NEWS from EC-LLD! Members
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A European network for agricultural biodiversity
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By Matthias Lorimer, Let's Liberate Diversity!
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Over the past four years, the partners of the European DYNAVERSITY project have analysed and described the networks and actors involved in the dynamic management of agrobiodiversity. The main objective is the consolidation and enlargement of the on-farm network European Coordination Let’s Liberate Diversity! Agrobiodiversity must be used, and only in this way will we be able to ensure its …
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NEWS from the communities
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Fundus Agri-Cultura Alpina for ＂montagna＂
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By Angela Deppeler and Agnès Bourqui, Swiss Commission for the Conservation of Cultivated Plants (cpc-skek)
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"Fundus Agri-Cultura Alpina" is an information platform on traditional agriculture in the Alpine region. Based on the principles of Wikipedia, it collects and makes available to the public knowledge about the traditional cultivation of crops and the keeping of farm animals in the Alpine region. The aim is to help preserve this priceless heritage, promote biological and cultural diversity and thus contribute to the resilience of the Alpine region.
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GenRes Gateway: A crowd-sourced platform for genetic resources
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Europe's path to a platform for genetic resources from different domains. The GenRes Bridge project -H2020- launches the GenRes Gateway portal to support , researchers, journalists, policy makers, on data and information on genetic resources. All stakeholders are invited to register.
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Seed Stories
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Click to give a look to the #DYNAVERSITY videoscribe
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Let's Liberate Diversity! Calendar
September
- 30th - 1st October September - ARCAD, (Agropolis Resource Center for Crop Conservation, Adaptation and Diversity) - “Crop diversity, key-player in ongoing transitions”
- Seed Policy Dialogues "The FAO Treaty and Farmers’ Rights” with FAO ITPGRFA Secretariat
October
November
December
- 2nd-6th December // Call for a global week of action against UPOV
- 10th December // “De la graine a l’assiette”- Perspectives pour une production alimentaire locale, circulaire, écologique et solidaire - SEED
- 6th - 11th December // Ninth session of the governing body– FAO for PGRFA
January
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