In 1992, the first RIO conference established a framework for the conservation of biological diversity, which resulted the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA). In its RIO+20 Call-to-Action, CGIAR urges for an endorsement of the...

Dr Shakeel Bhatti, Secretary of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the Treaty) at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation visited the Waite Campus on the 20th of March and presented a public seminar...

Farmers both here and around the world are worried about how issues like climate change, disease and even global food monopolies will affect how they farm, and whether they can continue to supply the world with food. Dr Shakeel Bhatti...

Dr Shakeel Bhatti, Secretary of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the Treaty) at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation visited the Waite Campus on the 20th of March.

The Swiss Biodiversity Forum announces the first in a series of comprehensive educational modules being developed by the Food and Agriculture Organisation FAO to strengthen capacities and increase knowledge on the operation and importance of the International Treaty.