{"id":4391,"date":"2017-01-18T19:48:52","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T19:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourlandourbusiness.org\/?p=4391"},"modified":"2020-01-09T19:54:51","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T19:54:51","slug":"calling-on-world-bank-end-enabling-business-of-agriculture-eba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourlandourbusiness.org\/es\/calling-on-world-bank-end-enabling-business-of-agriculture-eba\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling on the World Bank to End the Enabling the Business of Agriculture (EBA)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t\t\t\"Calling\n\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tJanuary 18, 2017\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tDear Dr. Jim Yong Kim,\n\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tWe are writing today to urge you to put an end to the Enabling the Business of Agriculture (EBA) project, which jeopardizes farmers’ right to seeds, food security, and the future of our planet.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tIn 2012, the World Bank was tasked by the G8 to create a “Doing Business in Agriculture Index.”1<\/a><\/sup> With the support of the US, UK, Danish, and Dutch governments as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Bank launched the EBA project, which will benchmark the agricultural policies of over 60 countries in 2017.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe EBA’s top-down approach dictates the so-called “good practices” to regulate agriculture and scores countries on how well they apply and implement its prescriptions. Based on the EBA scores, the World Bank leverages policy changes in agriculture.2<\/a><\/sup> This is a dangerously misguided effort, as national policymaking should prioritize locally adapted solutions based on the experiences and demands of farmers, pastoralists, fisherfolks, and rural communities.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tAmong several categories of indicators (Finance, Transport, Fertilizer, etc.), the EBA includes a sub- indicator which evaluates seed regulations.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tIn developing countries, farmers source 80 to 90 percent of their seeds within farmer-managed seed systems<\/b>. These systems are maintained by farmers’ own work to recycle and save seeds from their crops, and by farmer-to-farmer gifts, exchanges, and trade. Farmer-managed seed systems provide a rich diversity of seed, including varieties that are affordable and adapted to local environmental conditions. They are vital to support agro-biodiversity, food security, and resilience against climate and economic shocks.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tYet the EBA’s narrow set of “good practices” to regulate seeds systems restricts policymaking to facilitating private development and marketing of industrial seeds. The EBA uses misleading language by calling industrial seeds “quality seeds”3<\/a><\/sup> and conveys the perception that farmers’ seeds are unworthy of policy support. The project pushes governments to adopt intellectual property rights framework, which curtails farmers’ rights to save, exchange, and sell seeds. It advocates for reforms to accelerate and minimize the costs of releasing industrial seeds; and places corporations at the center of every aspect of seed systems.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tWhile the EBA reforms will not benefit the majority of farmers, they will increase the profits of a handful of private companies. Only six multinationals currently control over two-thirds of the industrial seed market, and pending agroindustry mergers stand to further consolidate this oligopoly.4<\/a><\/sup> The concentration of the global seed market has a significant impact on seed prices5<\/a><\/sup> as well as seed diversity. Replacing farmers’ seeds with a few uniform industrial varieties contributes to the rapid erosion of global agro-biodiversity, which is crucial to address the climate crisis.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tIn order to protect farmers, food security, and our planet, we urge you to put an immediate end to the EBA project. We call on the World Bank to rather fight poverty and food insecurity by promoting vibrant local seed systems, and supporting true participation of farmers in the design of regulations and policies in the agricultural sector.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tWe appreciate you addressing this critical issue and look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tSincerely,\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tAbibiman Foundation Ghana<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tAcción Ecológica Ecuador<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tAction Ceinture Verte pour l’environnement (ACVE) Burundi<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tAction for Solidarity Environment Equality and Diversity (ASEED) Netherlands<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tAfrican Center for Biodiversity South Africa<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tAgrarian Trust USA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tAlianza Hondureña frente al Cambio Climático (AHCC) Honduras<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tAlliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture (ASHA) India<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tAmis de l’Afrique Francophone (AMAF – Benin) Benin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tAnywaa Survival Organisation UK\/Ethiopia<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tAsia Pacific Forum on Women Law and Development (APWLD) Asia<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tAsociación Nacional de Fomento a la Agricultura Ecológica (ANAFAE) Honduras<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tAsociacion Red de Coordinación en Biodiversidad Costa Rica<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tAssociation des Jeunes Agriculteurs de Casamance (AJAC LUKAAL) Senegal<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tAssociation des Organisations Professionnelles Paysannes de Kayes (AOPP) Mali<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tAssociation for Plant Breeding for the Benefit of Society (APBREBES) International<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tAssociation pour la Défense des Droits de l’Eau et de l’Assainissement (ADDEA) Senegal<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tAssociation Recherche Action pour la Nature (ARAN) Togo<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tBanana Link UK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tBangladesh Fish Workers Alliance Bangladesh<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tBiofuelwatch USA\/UK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tBioscience Resource Project USA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tBiowatch South Africa South Africa<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tBoth ENDS Netherlands<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tBread for All Switzerland<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tBretton Woods Project UK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tBroadley Garden Centre UK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tBroederlijk Delen Belgium<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tCadre de Concertation des Producteur d’Arachide (CCPA) Senegal<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tCARITAS Kaolack Senegal<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tCCFD-Terre Solidaire France<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tCenter for Sustainable Development (CENESTA) Iran<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tCentre de Recherche sur l’Environnement, la Démocratie et les Droits de l’Homme DRC<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tCentro de Iniciativas en Políticas Ambientales Nicaragua<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tCentro de los Derechos del Campesino Nicaragua<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tCEPA-SL Sierra Leone<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tCercle pour la Défense de l’Environnement (CEDEN) RDC<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tCitizen Consumer and Civic Action Group (CAG) India<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tCNCD-11.11.11 Belgium<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tCoalición Nacional de Redes y Organizaciones Ambientales (CONROA) Honduras<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tCoalition pour la Protection du Patrimoine Génétique Africain (COPAGEN) Senegal<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tCollectif Citoyen pour l’Agro-Ecologie (CCAE) Burkina Faso<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tCommunity Alliance for Global Justice\/AGRA Watch USA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tConstruisons Ensemble le Monde (CEM) DRC<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tCoordinador Civil de Masaya Nicaragua<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tCoordinadora Civil Nicaragua<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tEarthlife Africa South Africa<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tEarthLore Foundation South Africa<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tEastern Africa Smallholder Farmers Association (EASFA) East Africa<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tEcoNexus UK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tEducation For Better Living Organization (EBLI) Tanzania<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tEnda Pronat Senegal<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tEnvironmental Justice Initiative for Haiti USA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tETC Group Canada<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tFahamu Africa Senegal<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tFarmworker Association of Florida USA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tFastenopfer (Swiss Catholic Lenten Fund) Switzerland<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tFondama Haiti<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tFood Sovereignty Ghana Ghana<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tForo Ambiental Santiagueño Argentina<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tFoundation Karibu Tanzania<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tFriends of the Siberian Forests Russia<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tGaia Foundation UK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tGender Action International<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tGlobal Justice UK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tGMB UK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tGRAIN International<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tGreenhorns USA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tGroundswell International International<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tHATOF Foundation Ghana<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tICCA Consortium International<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tIndigenous Peoples Forum India<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tIndigenous Perspectives India<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tInitiatives d’Echanges pour un Développement Durable (IEDD) Burkina Faso<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tCICODEV Afrique Senegal<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tInstitute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) USA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tInternational Accountability Project International<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tInyanda Land Rights Movement South Africa<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tIowa CCI USA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tJINUKUN Benin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tJM&Co UK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tKalpavriksh India<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tKasisi Agricultural Training Centre Zambia<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tLa Route du Sel et de l’Espoir France<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tLabour, Health and Human Rights Development Centre (LHAHRDEV) Nigeria<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tLand Workers’ Allliance UK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tLocal Futures International<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tMangrove Action Project International<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tMaryknoll Office for Global Concerns USA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tMovement Rights USA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tNamati USA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tNational Family Farm Coalition USA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tNesara Farmers’ Market India<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tNetwork for Vital Agriculture and Nutrition Netherlands<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tNicaragua Center for Community Action (NICCA) USA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tNothing But Tea UK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tNOUS SOMMES LA SOLUTION West Africa<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tNyambya Tea Co Uganda<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tOakland Institute USA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tOpen Food Network International<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tOT Watch Mongolia<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tOther Worlds USA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tPacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) Fiji<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tPartners for the Land & Agricultural Needs of Traditional Peoples (PLANT) USA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tPeople’s Dialogue Swaziland<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tPlatform Aarde Boer Consument Netherlands<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tPopular Resistance USA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tProsalus Spain<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tPuvidham Rural Development Trust India<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tQuinoa Belgium<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tRashtriya Raithu Seva Samithi India<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tRed de Organizaciones Sociales de Managua Nicaragua<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tRed por una América Latina Libre de Transgénicos (RALLT) Latin America<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tRéseau de Lutte contre la Faim (RELUFA) Cameroon<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tRitongo Africa Kenya<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tRivers without Boundaries Mongolia<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tRythu Swarajya Vedika India<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tSAUTI YA WANAWAKE Tanzania<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tSeed Savers Network Kenya<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tSierra Leone Network on the Right to Food (SiLNoRF) Sierra Leone<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tSlow Food International<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tSocial Justice Connection Canada<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tSociety for International Development (SID) International<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tSOS Faim Belgique<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tSouthern African Rural Women’s Assembly South Africa<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tSWISSAID Switzerland<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\t\t\t\t\tTamilnadu Organic Farmers Federation India<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  128. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tTeacraft UK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  129. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tThanal India<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  130. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tThe Corner House UK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  131. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tThe Land magazine UK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  132. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tThe Rules International<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  133. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tThird World Network International<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  134. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tTimberwatch Coalition South Africa<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  135. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tTraidcraft UK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  136. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tTropical Agriculture Association UK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  137. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tTrust for Community Outreach and Education (TCOE) South Africa<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  138. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tUnion Paysanne Canada<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  139. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tUnited Nations Association, UK Branch (UNA-UK) UK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  140. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tUnited Small and Medium scale Farmers’ Associations of Nigeria (USMEFAN) Nigeria<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  141. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tUrgewald Germany<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  142. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tWalking on the South (WotS) Italy<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  143. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tWomen’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Netherlands<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  144. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tWorld Family UK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  145. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tZambia Alliance for Agroecology and Biodiversity Conservation (ZAABC) Zambia<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  146. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tZestful Development Services (ZDES) Benin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  147. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tDr. Norman Uphoff – Professor Emeritus of Government and International Agriculture and Core Faculty Member, Cornell Institute for Public Affair, Cornell University, USA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  148. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tDr. Michel Pimbert – Professor and Executive Director of the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University, UK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  149. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tDr. David J. Midmore – Emeritus Professor, Central Queensland University, Australia<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  150. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tDr. Peter Dart – Honorary Associate Professor, School of Agriculture and Food Science, University of Queensland, Australia<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  151. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tDr. Amir Kassam – OBE, FRSB, Visiting Professor, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, UK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  152. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tDr. Peter Greaves – Former Senior Adviser at UNICEF’s Programme Division (micronutrients) and Former Secretary of the British Nutrition Foundation\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  153. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tDr. Michael Spann – School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland, Australia<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  154. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tDr. Molly D. Anderson – William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Food Studies, Middlebury College, USA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  155. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tDr. Tushar Chakraborty – Head, Gene Regulation Laboratory, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, India<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  156. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tDr. Willem A. Stoop – Agronomist, Former Researcher at CIMMYT, ICRISAT, ISNAR and WARDA and Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam, Netherlands<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  157. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tDr. Anne Woodfine – Tropical Natural Resources and Sustainable Land Management Specialist\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  158. \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tDevon Jenkins – Program Specialist, International Programs, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, USA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    \n\t\t\tSent via email:
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    \n\t\t\tJim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group\n\t\t<\/p>\n

    \n\t\t\tCc.
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    \n\t\t\tBill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation\n\t\t<\/p>\n

    \n\t\t\tGayle Smith, Administrator of the US Agency for International Development\n\t\t<\/p>\n

    \n\t\t\tKristian Jensen, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Denmark\n\t\t<\/p>\n

    \n\t\t\tPriti Patel, Secretary of State for International Development, United Kingdom\n\t\t<\/p>\n

    \n\t\t\tLilianne Ploumen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, The Netherlands\n\t\t<\/p>\n

    \n\t\t\tFederica Saliola, Program Manager in the WBG Development Economics Vice-Presidency\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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