Cooperation to include capacity-building on access and benefit-sharing related to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture Collaborative efforts aimed at contributing to economic development, innovation and research. 9 JULY 2018 – A Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) that will enhance cooperation between...

Dutch Plant Breeding Company Pays Into Benefit-sharing Fund Rome, Italy 27 June 2018 – Nunhems Netherlands b.v., currently a subsidiary company of Bayer (soon a subsidiary of BASF), specializing in vegetable varieties, has paid USD...

Kent Nnadozie is the Secretary of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. He may not have the shortest title in the world, but he also carries a large responsibility. The International Treaty on Plant Genetic...

THE IMPORTANCE of the world gene bank system may not be front of mind for the average farmer, but when the system is needed the results can be massive. Tim Fischer, chairman of The Crop Trust, a body set up in...

San José, Costa Rica, 31 May 2018 – Thanks to the work of genebank managers and data curators, the International Treaty’s Global Information System (GLIS) is fast developing into a valuable global entry point to crop genetic resources from around...