Let’s Liberate Diversity!

The 6^th European forum “Let’s Liberate Diversity!” on agricultural biodiversity took place on February 25-26, 2011 in Szeged, Hungary.

At the plenary session on February 26, 20011 the DECLARATION OF SZEGED was adopted. The declaration highlights the contributions of farmers to the development and renewal of agricultural biodiversity in Europe and calls on national governments, the European Union and Contracting Parties at the 4th Governing Body meeting of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, held in in Bali, Indonesia to make concrete progress in the implemenatio  of Farmers’ Rights and the Sustainable Use of PGRFA.  (click to read entire declaration and list of signatories)

The Let’s Liberate Diversity! forums are the annual gatherings of farmers’ organisations and associations working on agricultural biodiversity in Europe.

The 2011 edition of the forum will be held in Szeged, Hungary, during the Hungarian presidency of the European Union. Its central theme will be the question of Farmers’ Rights related to the conservation, sustainable use and development of agricultural biodiversity.

The forum is addressed to farmers, gardeners, seed artisans, bakers and processors of products derived from agricultural biodiversity, civil society organizations, researchers, breeders and representatives of gene banks as well as local communities implementing initiatives on agricultural biodiversity in Europe.

We are encouraging in particular the participation of initiatives from Central and Eastern Europe.

Organisers:

- Environmental Social Science Research Group

-Védegylet/Protect the Future

Short video on the Forum and the seed exchange (Courtesy of Greenpeace Hungary)

Radio report (Klub Radio)

Radio report (Kossuth Radio)

Radio report (Info Radio)

Photos