{"id":21203,"date":"2023-05-24T10:11:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T10:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inadesformation.net\/inades-formation-cote-divoire-conference-debate-on-farmers-seeds-and-the-right-to-food\/"},"modified":"2023-05-24T10:11:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T10:11:13","slug":"inades-formation-cote-divoire-conference-debate-on-farmers-seeds-and-the-right-to-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inadesformation.net\/en\/inades-formation-cote-divoire-conference-debate-on-farmers-seeds-and-the-right-to-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Inades-Formation C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire: conference debate on farmers&#8217; seeds and the right to food"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"21203\" class=\"elementor elementor-21203 elementor-21140\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3f5c124 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3f5c124\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-db68d1c\" data-id=\"db68d1c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9fe0e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9fe0e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>On Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 March 2022, at the foyer Jeune Viateur of Bouak\u00e9, Inades-Formation C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire, in collaboration with the Coalition for the Protection of African Genetic Heritage (COPAGEN), organized a conference-debate on the theme &#8221; <strong>peasant seeds and the right to food <\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>The objective of this conference was to contribute to enlighten the public on the issues related to farmers&#8217; seeds in terms of realizing the right to food and food sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>Present at this conference were several farmers from the regions of Gbeke, Tchologo and Bagou\u00e9, regional representatives of state and communal structures, including the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, the Ministry of Trade, the Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries, the City Council, the management of the wholesale market of Bouak\u00e9 and seed producers.<\/p>\n<p>The conference was opened by three speeches, namely that of the representative of the Mayor of Bouak\u00e9, Mrs. KEITA MASSANDIE TOURE, Municipal Councillor, followed by the Director of Inades-Formation C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire, Mrs. Z\u00e9i Pauline, and finally the opening speech of the Regional Director of the Ministry of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mrs. Assamoi Yvette<\/p>\n<p>The conference itself was structured around three papers.<\/p>\n<p>The first communication had for theme: <strong>Peasant seeds or industrial seeds: Which choice for the concretization of the right to food?<\/strong> It was made by the Executive Secretary of COPAGEN, Mr. Jean-Paul SEKELI. This paper presented the general context of seeds in C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire, showed the level of contribution of each type of seed to the right to food.  <\/p>\n<p>The second communication on the theme: <strong>What are farmer seeds?<\/strong> was made by Dr. SIENE Ambroise, teacher-researcher at P\u00e9l\u00e9foro GON COULIBALY University (Korhogo). This presentation focused on the concept of farmer seeds, its benefits and why value them.<\/p>\n<p>The third communication on the theme &#8221; <strong>the place of farmer seeds in public policies and regulatory frameworks in C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire&#8221;<\/strong> was presented by Mrs. Assamoi Yvette, Regional Director of Agriculture and Rural Development of Gb\u00eak\u00ea.<\/p>\n<p>The three presentations were followed by discussions that focused on the following points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The state&#8217;s view on GMOs;<\/li>\n<li>The state&#8217;s view of farmer seed and the rate of use of farmer seed;<\/li>\n<li>The availability of quality farmers&#8217; seeds and the possibility of setting up seed banks;<\/li>\n<li>Climate change and farmers&#8217; seeds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inadesformation.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230323_125332-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">The organization of this conference served as an introduction to the launch of the concepts of Farmer Seed Entrepreneurship (FSE) and the Endogenous Seed Quality Control System (EQCS) on Thursday, March 23, 2023.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Mr. KOUAME Alphonse, in charge of food systems projects at the General Secretariat and in charge of farmers&#8217; seed issues, led a presentation session today on <\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">the Peasant Seed Entrepreneurship (PSE) and the Endogenous Seed Quality Control System (EQCS) <\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">with 25 seed producers on .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inadesformation.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/atelier-semences-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><strong>Asseman Parfait, Project Manager, Inades-Formation C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 March 2022, at the foyer Jeune Viateur of Bouak\u00e9, Inades-Formation C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire, in collaboration with the Coalition for the Protection of African Genetic Heritage (COPAGEN), organized a conference-debate on the theme &#8221; peasant seeds and the right to food &#8220;. 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