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Policy Brief: Securing Farmers’ Rights and Seed Sovereignty in South Africa
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Policy Brief: Securing Farmers’ Rights and Seed Sovereignty in South Africa This external link will open in a new window: http://www.eeu.org.za/Policy%20Brief.pdf

Focusing on small-scale farmers, their indigenous agricultural knowledge and practices, and the traditional varieties that they grow, this Biowatch Policy Brief reviews farmers’ rights in South Africa and the extent to which policies, laws and practices support seed sovereignty and the conservation of agricultural biodiversity. [Rachel Wynberg, et al. BioWatch, June 2012]





Published on: May 20th 2013
by BC Food Security Gateway
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