Delegados de 120 países se reúnen en Túnez para compartir los beneficios de este acuerdo 2 de junio de 2009 "Por vez primera, los agricultores de los países pobres se verán recompensados al amparo de un tratado internacional vinculante para...

Compensations financières pour conservation de gènes de plantes 02/06/2009 13:58 (Par Pierre MELQUIOT) Compensations financières pour conservation de gènes de plantes. Dans 11 pays en développement, des projets de conservation de gènes de plantes et d'autres ressources phytogénétiques seront financés...

Plant genetics and food resources were discussed by delegates attending a U.N. meeting Monday in Tunis, Tunisia, officials said. The delegates from 120 countries are seeking agreement on ways to speed up the benefits-sharing aspects of the 2004 International Treaty on...

The Treaty established a global pool comprised of 64 food crops that make up more than one million samples of known plant genetic resources. The Treaty stipulates that whenever a commercial product results from the use of this gene pool and...

For the first time, farmers in poor countries are to be rewarded under a binding international treaty for conserving and propagating crop varieties that could prove to be the savior of global food security over the coming decades. A new...