Struggles for Seed Sovereignty around the World

As part of the remarkable recent conference held in Oaxaca, Mexico on Food Self-Sufficiency and Agroecological Transition in a Multipolar World (November 28 – December 2, 2023), IATP organized an event with partners from Africa, Southeast Asia and Mexico focusing on a key aspect of agroecological transitions: farmers’ rights over their seed systems. Global rules and corporate dominance over seeds create huge challenges to local innovations, but these conditions also produce important stories of community resistance. 

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