Affirming also that the rights recognized in this Treaty to save, use, exchange and sell farm-saved seed and other propagating material, and to participate in decision-making regarding, and in the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from, the use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, are fundamental to the realization of Farmers' Rights, as well as the promotion of Farmers' Rights at national and international levels;
potrjujejo tudi, da so v tej pogodbi priznane pravice do shranjevanja, uporabe, izmenjave ter prodaje semena in drugega razmnoževalnega materiala, ki ju shranjujejo na kmetiji, do sodelovanja pri sprejemanju odločitev v zvezi z uporabo rastlinskih genskih virov za prehrano in kmetijstvo in do sodelovanja pri pravični in enakopravni delitvi koristi, ki izhajajo iz te uporabe, bistvenega pomena za uresničevanje pravic kmetov kakor tudi uveljavljanje teh pravic na državni in mednarodni ravni;