Full text of the FAO International Treaty establishing a Multilateral System for access and benefit-sharing of plant genetic resources, Farmers’ Rights, governance and implementation measures.
.Seed Policy
Seed Markets, Agroecology and the Right to Food: Insights From an Advocacy Journey on the EU Seed Marketing Reform
Brochure (June 2025) by Brot für die Welt and HEKS/EPER linking the EU seed marketing reform to the right to food; analyses Commission proposal and Parliament position, and recommends measures to protect farmers’ rights and agrobiodiversity.
Granollers Manifesto: fostering cultivated biodiversity in European municipalities
A 2025 manifesto urging European municipalities and governments to prioritise cultivated biodiversity in local food policies, with policy recommendations, a 2050 vision, and 32 practical actions across governance, production, procurement and waste.
ECPGR Concept for on-farm conservation and management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
ECPGR (2017) concept proposing a European strategy for on-farm conservation of PGRFA, with five priorities: inventory, indicators, good practices, agro-diversity sites, and legal/technical solutions.
Dynaversity concepts for agrobiodiversity
DYNAVERSITY‘s summary of five key concepts for agrobiodiversity: seeds and varieties, seed networks, conservation (in situ/ex situ), governance (ITPGRFA, farmers’ rights), and diverse agroecological food systems.
Supportive Policy Frameworks for Dynamic AgroBioDiversity Management Networks
DYNAVERSITY policy brief calling for EU policy to support dynamic, networked on-farm management of agrobiodiversity through coordination, funding, participatory breeding and alignment with CAP, Farm to Fork and ITPGRFA.
Promoting an Enabling Environment for Agrobiodiversity in Europe (Booklet #4)
Policy recommendations from DIVERSIFOOD to embed agrobiodiversity in European seed systems: promote Community Agrobiodiversity Management, support community seed banks, establish national PGRFA platforms, and harmonise seed laws.
Community Biodiversity Management: dialogue between representatives of Community Seed Banks and international institutions – report from the workshop held on 22 September 2017 at FAO HQ, Rome
Report of a 22 Sept 2017 FAO workshop (DIVERSIFOOD/Bioversity/ITPGRFA) summarising CSB roles, case studies and a SWOT: CSBs are vital for dynamic conservation, access to local seed and participatory breeding but need policy recognition, funding and capacity.
Embedding crop genetic diversity in food value chains. Policy recommendations from the Horizon 2020 Project DIVERSIFOOD. Booklet #5
Policy recommendations from the DIVERSIFOOD project to embed crop genetic diversity in food value chains, covering legal status of heterogeneous cultivars, CAP coherence, value chains, awareness and multi-actor research.
Community Seed Banks: access to germplasm and benefit sharing models
Manual explaining international and EU frameworks (CBD/Nagoya, ITPGRFA), practical ABS tools (SMTA/Easy-SMTA) and scenarios for how Community Seed Banks and farmers can access, share and manage germplasm.
