Ukraine, often referred to as one of the world’s main breadbaskets, is home to a wide variety of agricultural plants. But since the escalation of the war in 2022, its national genebank system, which conserves thousands of unique plant varieties,...

Supporting Countries to Join the International Treaty Tashkent, Uzbekistan – The Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) supported the symposium on “The Role of Plant...

The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), in collaboration with The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, is conducting a survey to review the first draft of global descriptors for Pisum sativum L.  This initiative aims to...

Treaty Membership Grows to 153 The Republic of Colombia deposited its instrument of ratification of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculturewith the Director-General of the FAO, and will become the...

World Food Forum 2024 FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy, 16-17 October 2024 – “Opportunity Crops” took center stage at the World Food Forum Youth Culture Corner in the FAO atrium as youth speakers from the International Treaty on...