This document comes at a critical moment as Lebanon debates the draft law regulating the trade of seeds, seedlings, and propagation materials. This project has deep implications for the future of agriculture and farmers’ rights.

In this document we try to provide a point-by-point rebuttal of the FAO/MoA “National Strategy for Conservation and Management of PGRFA in Lebanon (2015–2035)” and demonstrates why it cannot be used as the foundation or justification for any new seed legislation in Lebanon.