The Government of Norway has announced its annual contribution to the Benefit-sharing Fund of the International Treaty to support farmers’ conservation and use of plant genetic resources. The announcement of the contribution was made by Mr Terje Halleland, State Secretary...

Australia has made a contribution of AU$1 million (US$719,000) to the Benefit Sharing Fund (BSF) of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the Treaty). Under the Treaty, the genetic resources of the world’s most...

15 December 2016- The Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) participated in the side event “Genetic Diversity for a World Without Hunger”, which took place in Cancun on the margins of...

14 December 2016.- The Second Global Consultation on Farmers’ Rights, organized in Bali by Governments of Indonesia and Norway and with the support of Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA

The Secretariats of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) and the European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources (ECPGR) have agreed to strengthen ties with the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding...