03 July 2017, Rome – Speaking during the 40th Session of the FAO Conference in Rome, Rwandan Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, H.E. Geraldine Mukeshimana announced that Rwanda will be hosting the Seventh Session of the Governing Body of...

The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resource for Food and Agriculture announced that it has now facilitated the transfer of over 4.1 million samples of germplasm through its multilateral system, rendering it the largest exchange pool in the world.

FAO celebrated the International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May in Rome, to which the Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture joined. The United Nations proclaimed the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB)...

More than 25 experts on documentation and information exchange from fifteen countries of the Near East and North Africa Region met in Cairo from 9 to 11 May to participate in a regional capacity strengthening workshop for the implementation of...

The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) of Germany has made a contribution of USD$1.1 million to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture to support the development and implementation of the Global Information System...