SMALL scale farmers are asking governments in Eastern and Southern Africa to desist from ratifying international agreements without their participation.
This comes as the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) meets to examine the Zanzibar Plant Breeders Bill in Geneva since Friday. In various interviews, members of the Eastern and Southern Africa Small Scale Farmers Forum (ESAFF) asked the organisation to protect interests of small scale farmers.
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