Looking outside the ABS box
Access and benefit sharing for family farmers in Zimbabwe
What is successful access and benefit sharing’ for smallholder family farmers? This contribution argues it is not about legal contracts or mechanisms that regulate the international transfer of plant genetic resources. It is about farmers’ access to seed diversity and the ability to share in the benefits of the continuing cycles of seed conservation and development. The Community Technology Development Trust in Zimbabwe supports mechanisms that, in practice, do result in substantial access to and benefit sharing of local and modern varieties.
Title of publication: Farming Matters: Access and benefit sharing of genetic resources
Issue: Special Issue
Page range: 58-63
Author: Bram de Jong
Other authors: Andrew Mushita, Patrick Kasasa
Organization: ILEIA - centre for learning on sustainable agriculture
Other organizations: African Regional Intellectual Property Organisations, Southern African Development Community
Year: 2016
Country/ies: Zimbabwe
Geographical coverage: Africa
Type: Magazine article
Full text available at: https://www.ileia.org/2016/04/16/looking-outside-box-access-benefit-sharing-family-farmers-zimbabwe/
Content language: English