Abstract:

Indigenous Peoples around the world are finding new ways to engage with the market – labelling and certification schemes are some of the solutions to empower them in striving for a more intercultural and systemic market access. According to recent estimates, there are 476 million Indigenous persons, or 6.2 percent of the total world’s population, living in around 90 countries in seven socio-cultural regions (ILO, 2019; UNDESA, 2009). Their contributions towards the global goal of ending hunger and malnutrition, while preserving biodiversity are manifold. Indigenous persons have persisted as custodians of the planet´s food and genetic resources.