Chronic neglect of agriculture in Asia and the Pacific has left over 200 million people in extreme poverty amid rising prices for foodstuffs and despite robust growth in other sectors. In Asia, over two-thirds of the population are small farmers or live in farming communities, and thus the universally recognized right of farmers to save and reuse farm-saved seed is of tantamount importance. For agriculture in Asia to thrive and prosper, it needs an enabling public sector, facilitating partnerships between farmers and the public and private sectores in order to facilitate and enable the sharing of lessons learnd and engage farmers with business and the private sector. Smallholder farmers require differentiated policies that promot and support smallholder market access. Farmers' organizations are taking the lead to influence policy makers and donors to take stock of existing evidence to increase support for capacity building, improve the dissemination of knowledge and generate targeted investment in sustainable agricultural solutions.