Tuvalu, an independent small island state of the Pacific has acceded to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), a treaty that contributes to sustainable food security for all. Tuvalu’s...

The Final Report of the Sixth Session of the Governing Body is available online in all the official languages in the FAO Document Repository

FAO and Bioversity International have just released an updated version of the Multi-Crop Passport Descriptors (MCPD V.2.1), the international standard globally adopted for passport data of ex situ genebank accessions.   Descriptors provide an international language to manage data on plant genetic...

New gateway provides vital information on global seed pool to develop shock-resistant varieties 9 October 2015, Rome - Delegates from the136 member nations of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) have given their approval...

The sixth session of the Governing Body of the 136-nation International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is to be held at the FAO in Rome from October 5 – 9, 2015. To stay on track with the...