The Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is pleased to announce the 2013 course “Contemporary approaches to genetic resources conservation and use” organized by the Wageningen University from 15 April to 3 May...

Through resolution 3/2011 the Governing Body emphasized the need to raise the profile the Benefit-sharing Fund of the Treaty and invited Contracting Parties and other relevant stakeholder to explore innovative benefit-sharing measures within the benefit-sharing mechanisms of information exchange, technology...

The Treaty Secretariat posted a notification on the website of the Treaty on 21 September 2011 inviting Contracting, international relevant organizations and National Focal Points to submit views, experiences and best practices on the implementation of Farmers’ Rights. By...

The Secretariat of the International Treaty is pleased to announced that a new version of the Information Technology Tool in support of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing of the Treaty is online under the name of EASY-SMTA.

The Secretary of the International Treaty has the honour to inform Contracting Parties of the launching by Syngenta Crop Protection AG (Syngenta) of a new e-licensing platform that generates contributions to the Benefit-sharing Fund of the International Treaty. Attachment: Letter E-Licensing.pdf