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Agri laws in Indonesia Here we present three fliers, each of four pages. These fliers were conceived and developed by Biotani Indonesia Foundation, in collaboration with GRAIN, under an initiative on behalf of BASA-Asia (Biodiversity in Action for Sustainable Agriculture in Asia) through 2005-2007. These three fliers present the impact that agriculture laws and policies in Indonesia have on small peasants, yet they raise issues and concerns of peasant farming across the Asian region. Indonesia is not only a mega agro diverse country but is also a treasure house of traditional knowledge and customary practices. While these papers share some information on the changing legal environment affecting small farmers and highlighting struggles by peasant groups, they also point to the spaces that "soft law" - uncodfied customary regulations - could provide. Mainstream international and domestic laws and policy are often overriding these customary laws. Furthermore, resources and knowledge from communities are being privatised often without consent or consultation and rules and regulations not conventionally associated with food and farming (such as trade and patent laws) now have a great influence on agriculture. The impact of laws includes changing the legal status of commonly held natural resources, outlawing basic farm activities such as seed-saving, legalising the introduction of untested technologies like genetically modified crops, and providing greater protection to industrial agriculture breeders at the cost of farmers. For many, current laws contribute to the problem of injustice and inequity rather than the solution.
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