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7. What are Farmers’ Rights’?
7.1. Why Farmers’ Rights matter
7.1.1. The biodiversity argument
7.1.2. The poverty alleviation argument
7.1.3. ...
7.2. The contents of Farmers’ Rights
7.2.1. Protecting traditional knowledge
7.2.2. Enhancing benefit sharing
7.2.3. Promoting participation
7.2.4. Ensuring farmers’ rights to seed
7.3. History of Farmers’ Rights
7.3.1. First use of the term
7.3.2. Origin of the concept in FAO
7.3.3. Keystone Dialogues
7.3.4. FAO resolutions
7.3.5. Other international processes
7.3.6. Plant Treaty negotiations
8. How to realise Farmers Rights?
8.1. Best practices
8.1.1. Ensuring farmers’ rights to seed
8.1.1.1. India
8.1.1.2. Norway
8.1.1.3. Spain
8.1.2. Protecting traditional knowledge
8.1.2.1. Peru
8.1.2.2. Switzerland
8.1.2.3. The Philippines
8.1.2.4. Norway
8.1.3. Enhancing benefit sharing
8.1.3.1. The Philippines
8.1.3.2. Zimbabwe
8.1.3.3. India
8.1.3.4. France
8.1.3.5. Nepal
8.1.3.6. Kenya
8.1.3.7. Peru
8.1.3.8. Norway
8.1.4. Promoting participation
8.1.4.1. Nepal
8.1.4.2. Malawi
8.1.5. Other measures
8.2. Stepwise approach
8.2.1. Step 1: Creating awareness
8.2.1.1. Central institutions
8.2.1.2. Sector-wise awareness rising
8.2.1.3. Cross-sectoral awareness rising
8.2.1.4. Awareness rising through media
8.2.1.5. Other means
8.2.2. Step 2: Ensuring farmers’ participation
8.2.2.1. Which farmers to involve`
8.2.2.2. How to ensure representation
8.2.2.3. Real participation
8.2.3. Step 3: National consultative process
8.2.3.1. Process as dialogue
8.2.3.2. Participants
8.2.3.3. Process design
8.2.3.4. Contents
8.2.3.5. Pooling resources
8.2.4. Step 4: Framework for implementation
8.2.4.1. ...
9. State of Farmers’ Rights
9.1. State of Farmers’ Rights per topic
9.1.1. Protecting traditional knowledge
9.1.2. Enhancing benefit sharing
9.1.3. Promoting participation
9.1.4. Ensuring farmers’ rights to seed
9.2. State of Farmers’ Rights per country
9.2.1. India
9.2.2. France
9.2.3. Nepal
9.2.4. Kenya
9.2.5. Peru
9.2.6. Norway
9.3. Key barriers to Farmers’ Rights
9.3.1. ...
9.3.2. ...
9.4. Options for Farmers’ Rights
9.4.1. ...
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10. International negotiations
10.1. The international framework
10.1.1. ...
10.1.2. ...
10.2. Plant Treaty Negotiations
10.2.1. 2006: Governing Body Session 1
10.2.2. 2007: Governing Body Session 2
10.2.3. ...
10.3. Inter-sessional processes
10.3.1. 2007: International stakeholder survey
10.3.2. 2010: Global consultations
10.3.3. 2016: Global consultations
10.3.4. 2017: Global consultations
10.4. Other international processes
10.4.1. CBD
10.4.2. WIPO
11. Research projects
11.1. Current research projects
11.1.1. Diversifarm
11.2. Past research projects
11.2.1. The Farmers’ Rights Project
11.2.2. ...
12. Literature and links
12.1. Literature
12.1.1. Major works – global level
12.1.2. Articles – global level
12.1.3. Literature – regional and national levels
12.1.4. Other literature with relevance
12.2. Links
12.2.1. International institutions
12.2.2. Research institutions
12.2.3. NGOs and CSOs
12.2.4. Farmers’ organisations
12.2.5. Commercial seed sector