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Swiss-Flavoured Food Forever Experience Puts Crop Diversity in the Spotlight at the World Economic Forum 2025
24 January 2025
24 January 2025

23 January 2025, Davos, Switzerland – The World Economic Forum’s 2025 meeting in Davos was the venue of the first Food Forever Experience of the year, underscoring the importance of the conservation and use of crop diversity for...
SOUTH AFRICA JOINS THE INTERNATIONAL TREATY
16 January 2025
16 January 2025

First New Member of 2025
16 January 2025, Rome, Italy – South Africa has joined the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, by depositing it’s instrument of accession with the...
The Eleventh Session Governing Body of the International Treaty will be held in Lima, Peru
06 December 2024
06 December 2024

05 December 2024, Lima, Peru – The Government of Peru formally announced today that the Eleventh Session of the Governing Body of the FAOInternational Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for...
CULTIVATING COLLABORATION: ENGAGING THE FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY ON GLOBAL ACTION FOR CROP DIVERSITY
28 November 2024
28 November 2024

Special Event
FAO Headquarters, Rome, 18 November 2024 – The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture hosted a Special Event focusing on the essential relationship between crop diversity and the food processing industry. The event...
STRENGTHENING AFRICA’S SEED SYSTEMS
26 November 2024
26 November 2024

Promoting Farmer-Led Solutions
Harare. Zimbabwe – Global food and seed systems stakeholders meet in Zimbabwe this week to share experiences between Europe and Africa on creating seed regulations and laws that promote local and farmer-led...