Rome, 21 June 2012 ? The Benefit-sharing Fund of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture receives $6.5 million from the European Commission, as a support to farmers in developing countries. Such initiative was announced ahead of a high-level meeting on the plant treaty at the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. The Benefit-sharing Fund helps smallholder farmers diversify traditional crops, such as potato, rice, cassava and wheat, for food security and climate change.