The West African Committee for Peasant Seeds (COASP) is a sub-regional network of farmers’ organizations in Ecological Agriculture, created in 2011 in Djimini, a village in the Kolda Region in Southern Senegal, in the presence of delegates from Benin, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo, with BEDE (Biodiversity: Exchanges and Diffusion of Experiences) present as a witness.

GFAiR is a unique global multi-stakeholder platform operating in the agricultural Research and Innovation (R&I) system and driven by 900+ Members from 13 constituencies. This inclusive nature rooted in the regions brings to our dialogues and actions diverse interests, capacities, and perspectives, but with one focus: agricultural R&I that recognizes small-scale producers as key global actors and co-innovators.

ISF is a non-governmental, non-profit making organization. ISF has represented its members’ interests since 1924 and is widely regarded as the voice of the global seed industry.

In 2011, the Observatory of the Right to Food in Latin America and the Caribbean (ODA-ALC) emerged as a regional network made up of multiple information, research and dissemination centers interested in promoting the exchange and management of knowledge about food and nutritional security.

The objectives of the ODA-E are to promote multidisciplinary research initiatives—such as developing assessments of the right to food in Spain—that can influence public policy and guarantee the enforceability of the right to adequate food and related issues. Furthermore, it aims to foster the exchange of experiences and dialogue among academic institutions, parliaments, civil society, and international organizations, in order to ensure fair, sustainable, equitable, and healthy food for all.

Via Campesina is an international movement that brings together millions of peasants, small and medium-sized farmers, Indigenous people, and rural workers worldwide. Founded in 1993, it defends sustainable agriculture and food sovereignty against corporate control and agribusiness.

The movement structures its global work and activism around several key pillars:

1. Food Sovereignty: This is its flagship concept. It defends the right of peoples to define their own policies and systems for food production, distribution, and consumption.
2. Agroecology: It promotes sustainable agricultural practices that respect the environment, reject the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and foster autonomy in seed selection.
3. Agrarian Reform: It fights for equitable access to land, water, and natural resources, opposing land concentration and evictions.
4. Peasant Rights: It has been a leading force behind the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas.

Currently, it comprises some 182 local and national organizations in more than 80 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas.