The 29th of June 2014 marks the 10th Anniversary of the entry-into-force of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA). A special celebration will be held at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland, on...

A new set of capacity-building materials on Farmers’ Rights has been published to support small-holder farmer leaders and decision makers, who live and depend in a direct way on family agriculture, better understand their rights. Booklet number four of the...

The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture celebrated its 10th birthday since its entry-into-force on 29 June 2004 in Geneva today. The event highlighted the pivotal role of the International Treaty in ensuring future global food...

The Chief Agricultural Scientists of the G20 countries have favourably appraised DivSeek, an initiative that links large-scale sequencing and phenotyping data to publicly available germplasm accessions, following a presentation made by the Secretariat of the International Treaty on PGRFA at...

The National Focal Points of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) and the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (Nagoya Protocol)...