The supreme organ of TABIO shall be the General Meeting referred to here as Annual General Meeting and her duties and powers include:
The management and control of the affairs of TABIO is entrusted to the Board of Directors which is directly accountable to the General Meeting. It is an advisory organ with duties that include:
TABIO operates at national level through the Secretariat
The Secretariat carries out the substantive and administrative work of TABIO as directed by the General Assembly and the Board Members. At its head is the Coordinator, who provides overall administrative guidance. The main functions of the Secretariat include:
TABIO operates at grassroot level through its members organizations. They are the ones who work directly with farmers involved in agrobiodiversity conservation. The main functions of the members include:
Working groups are groups of experts working together to achieve specified goals. The groups are domain-specific and focus on discussion or activity around a specific subject area. They play a critical role identifying areas or spaces where TABIO members can increase policy and advocacy engagements at national, regional, continental and global level. TABIO members have created Working Group with the aim to create overlaps between members work and to ensure maximum involvement of members in a realistic way. TABIO has developed the policy that guide the functioning of the working groups.
The working group is advocating for recognition and support of farmer managed seed system (FMSS). This seed system provides huge contribution of seed available to farmers which are diverse, affordable and reliable but it has neither been recognized nor supported by the government.
The roles of the seed working group are:
The Healthy Soil Working Group is another working group, with the goal to significantly accelerate soil health stewardship in the country. The aim to catalyze widespread adoption of management principles and practices that result in greater soil health.
The roles of the healthy soil working group are:
In its broadest sense, a genetically modified organism (GMO) refers to an organism whose genetic material has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally. Genes change naturally, either by mating or by natural recombination. But in this case, genetic fragments are scientifically inserted into the DNA of another organism to transform its collective genetic makeup, a process known as gene splicing.
While GMOs are being pushed as panacea for food security, the general public is largely unaware of the GMOs hence fail to make a meaningful contribution for informed decision making. There are also emerging technologies namely synthetic biology, genome-editing etc. which are used in changing an organism’s genetic code. These technologies have both ethical and social implications which the general public need to be aware of.
The roles of the GMOs and emerging technologies working group are:
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