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SEARICE Executive Director Normita Ignacio underscored the importance of recognizing and protecting farmers’ seed systems in advancing agrobiodiversity conservation, food security, and equitable Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) during a side event, Farmer-Led ABS for Ancient Staple Food Landraces, hosted by the Farmers’ Seed Network (FSN) and Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES) during the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Di

On November 26, 2025, at the Eleventh Session of the Governing Body (GB11), SEARICE joined long-standing partners from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Asociación ANDES – Association for Nature and Sustainable Development (ANDES), Peru, Community Technology Development Trust (CTDT), Zimbabwe, the Sprouts Collective, and the Farmer Seeds Network (FSN) in the side event “Technical and Institutional Reflections on Catalyzing Change in PGRFA Management.