The Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture offers a permanent forum where members work to raise international awareness of the erosion of genetic resources and to spur policy efforts related to biodiversity for food and agriculture.
The Commission has overseen the preparation of global assessments of the world’s plant and animal genetic resources for food and agriculture and the elaboration of global plans of action and other instruments for their conservation and sustainable use, and for access and benefit sharing. It provided the forum for negotiations that established other international instruments, such as the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
