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Video messages from International Treaty Stakeholders
20 May 2021, Rome, Italy –The Secretariat of the
Unique Collection of Best Practices from Around the World
Rome, Italy, 4 May 2021 – The International Treaty has launched...
Rediscovering ancient crop varieties
27 April 2021
27 April 2021
Old and diverse crop varieties are packed full of nutrients and adapted to local environmental conditions. But since the 1900s, some 75% of plant genetic diversity has been lost with big implications for food security.
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Collected under Project Funded by International Treaty
Svalbard, Norway, March 2021 – Two hundred of the 324 types of rice varieties deposited in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault last month were collected as...
Status & Challenges of Conservation, Exchange and Use
Rome, Italy, 16 February 2021 – Over 400 people from around the world got online at the same time to listen to international experts discuss the status and...