Position papers published: June 2018

At the 69th ISF World Seed Congress in Brisbane, Australia, the General Assembly approved the adoption of the following position papers:

• Illegal seed practices – a threat to farmer livelihoods, food security and sustainable agriculture (in Intellectual Property)
• Supporting seed choice for farmers (in Intellectual Property & Sustainable Agriculture)
• Farmers’ Rights and farmers’ exemption: a clarification (in Intellectual Property & Sustainable Agriculture)
• Consistent criteria for the scope of regulatory oversight (in Plant Breeding)
• The international movement of treated seed (in Seed Treatment)
• Digital Sequence Information (in Sustainable Agriculture)
• Global Multilateral Benefit Sharing Mechanism (in Sustainable Agriculture)
• The seed industry engages to combat child labour (in Vegetables)