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ICRISAT Breeding Programmes Adopt DOIs
04 January 2021
04 January 2021
Vania Azevedo, Head of Genebank, ICRISAT
At its 8th Session in 2019, the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture encouraged CGIAR Centers to assign Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) not just to genebank...
The International Treaty in the time of COVID-19
01 January 2021
01 January 2021
La vida desde los márgenes del planeta
22 December 2020
22 December 2020
En estos días estamos celebrando el quinto aniversario del histórico Acuerdo de París sobre el cambio climático. Cinco años después de su adopción, seguimos observando nuevos récords de temperaturas y cómo las zonas árticas se están despojando, cada...
Germany supports Treaty in rebuilding seed systems in Southern Africa after Cyclone Idai
03 September 2020
03 September 2020
In Sub-Saharan Africa, around 80 percent of seeds used by smallholder farmers come from seed systems managed by farmers. Local seeds have adapted over centuries to local growing conditions and are more tolerant to weather changes, climate shocks, pests and diseases. Additionally, local seeds provide...
FAMILY-OWNED SEED COMPANY PAYS INTO INTERNATIONAL BENEFIT-SHARING FUND
03 September 2020
03 September 2020
Payment for Use of Plant Material under the International Treaty
Rome, Italy, 31 August 2020 – Dutch family-owned vegetable seed company Bejo has paid into the International Treaty’s Benefit-sharing Fund, in...