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Indigenous Agricultural Product Framework Project - Assessment Report Report

10 Jul 2024

Indigenous agricultural products, both cultivated and wild- harvested, create opportunities for access and benefit sharing with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and reflect the cultural connection between the producers and the product.” There is strong support for a credential system to assure the authenticity of Indigenous agricultural products. [...] Figure 6 shows the evolution of the 5 draft characteristics to the 5 refined characteristics over the course of the roundtables, where sustainability, collective benefit and economic self-determination were removed and replaced with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander producers, Caring for Country, and Access and Benefits Sharing. [...] The importance of recognising and respecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and connection to Country in the production and marketing of Indigenous agricultural products was repeatedly stressed, indicating that such products must be authentically linked to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their traditions. [...] Indigenous agricultural products, both cultivated and wild-harvested, create opportunities for access and benefit sharing with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and reflect the cultural connection between the Producers and the product.” Credential systems and regulation This section of the report reflects the sentiments of the sector with regards to the establishment of a credentia. [...] A co-design approach to developing the parameters of the credential system which centres the priorities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people may be appropriate to enable to sector to have confidence in the integrity of the system.

Authors

Adrienne Ryan

Pages
57
Published in
Australia

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