How can Farmers’ Rights and Plant Breeders’ Rights complement each other in diverse legal and agricultural seed systems across Africa? While often seen in tension, these rights can be mutually supportive when policies recognize the distinct yet connected roles of farmers and breeders. Yet too often, conversations around seed laws become polarized, overshadowing the practical possibilities for synergy. Following a successful webinar series in collaboration with The Asia and Pacific Seed Alliance focusing on three Asian countries, this series will explore what facilitates or hinders such complementarity, grounded in the lived realities of different stakeholders from four African countries. Register
Ethiopia – 6 October: 12:00 – 13:30 EAT/11:00 – 12:30 CEST
South Africa – 21 October: 12:00 – 13:30 EAT/11:00 – 12:30 CEST
Zambia – 30 October: 13:00 – 14:30 EAT/11:00 – 12:30 CEST
Ghana – 13 November: 13:00 – 14:30 EAT/11:00 – 12:30 CET