ABSTRACT
In the final chapter, I outline a series of considerations arising from the analysis of the international legal landscape on fair and equitable benefit-sharing in land, food and agriculture, including challenges and shortcomings in its implementation in various contexts. I further highlight lessons learnt from the preliminary analysis of the grassroots-level case studies presented in the previous chapter, with focus on the role of law, legal and institutional prerequisites for benefit-sharing and the concept of community. A series of elements arising from the grassroots could provide inspiration for various intergovernmental processes within and beyond the international environmental law realm. I finally propose a research agenda towards agrarian justice, integrating and re-imagining global objectives concerning sustainable agriculture, rural livelihoods and environmental sustainability.
