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Dubai-based gene bank data now to be available worldwide
08/04/2019
Dubai: A Dubai-based gene bank containing the world’s largest collections of genetic material of heat- and salt-tolerant plant species has officially been made available to farmers, plant breeders and scientists...
International Treaty’s Benefit-sharing Fund Supports Biodiversity in Farmers’ Fields in Uganda
21/03/2019
Community Seed Bank Serves 1000s of Smallholder Farmers
5 – 6 March 2019, Hoima, Uganda – In the seven months since the Hoima Community Seed Bank was established, it has become...
FAO & ICBA Ink Agreements to Save Plant Genetic Resources, Boost Food Security in World’s Marginal Environments
11/03/2019
Abu Dhabi/Dubai, UAE, 10 March 2019 – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, José Graziano da Silva, and the Director General of the...
FAO, ICBA ink agreements to save plant genetic resources, boost food security in world’s marginal areas
10/03/2019
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Dr. José Graziano da Silva, and Director General of the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), Dr....
Philippines hosts the First Asia Region Training Workshop on FAO’s International Treaty
08/03/2019
Conservation and Sustainable Use of PGRFA and Farmers’ Rights
5-8 March 2019, Manila, Philippines – Representatives from Asia gathered together in Manila this week for a Regional Training Workshop on the...
Synergies between ITPGRFA and Convention on Biological Diversity - “Conservation and Benefit Sharing of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Focusing on Agricultural Biodiversity After 2020” Seminar
08/03/2019
On March 4th, the Seminar themed on “Conservation and Benefit Sharing of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Focusing on Agricultural Biodiversity After 2020” co-organized by CBCGDF and Beijing...
FAO Representative in China and DPR Korea Dr. Vincent Martin: We Would Like to Invite and Encourage China Consider Joining ITPGRFA - “Conservation and Benefit Sharing of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Focusing on Agricultural Biodiversi
08/03/2019
After careful preparation, on March 4th, the Seminar themed on “Conservation and Benefit Sharing of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Focusing on Agricultural Biodiversity After 2020” co-organized by...
International Treaty Secretary Kent Nnadozie Calls for China to Join the International Treaty
08/03/2019
Before the seminar, CBCGDF was personally written by Mr. Nnadozie about the importance of building a possible platform for dialogue and cooperation under the CBCGDF’s proposal, and it would be...
ALL CGIAR CENTRES USING DOIs
19/02/2019
More than 97 % of CGIAR’s Genebank Collections Registered in Global Information System
More than 97% of the total worldwide collection of plant genetic resources held in the genebank collections of...
International Treaty Secretary Visits Seedbank in Costa Rica
16/01/2019
Saving Endangered Seeds
Cartago, Costa Rica, 16 January 2019 – Secretary Kent Nnadozie of the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture visited a globally important collection...
The ITPGRFA: An Interview with Mr Kent Nnadozie (Part I)
09/01/2019
Mr Kent Nnadozie, the Secretary of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) discusses the treaty, which has direct impacts on food and agriculture globally, in this...
The ITPGRFA: An Interview with Mr Kent Nnadozie (Part II)
09/01/2019
The ITPGRFA has a number of important global mechanisms available to its Contracting Parties. These include (i) the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing and (ii) the Global Information System,...
Projekat GRAINEFIT Instituta za ratarstvo i povrtarstvo izabran za finansiranje od FAO
12/12/2018
Fond za raspodelu koristi Međunarodnog ugovora za biljne genetičke resurse za hranu i poljoprivredu (Benefit-sharing Fund of the International Treaty for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture) je prvi...
The GRAINEFIT project of the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops was selected for funding by FAO
11/12/2018
The Benefit-sharing Fund of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture has gathered for the first time the winners of the Fourth Call for Benefit-sharing Fund...
Mongolia Joins International Treaty
06/12/2018
145 Contracting Parties
Rome, Italy, 02 December 2018 – Mongolia becomes the 145th member of the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture today. With an area...
Scientific Publishers Advance in the Citation of Plant Material with Digital Object Identifiers
06/12/2018
Users of the Global Information System will benefit from the joint initiative of CrossRef and DataCite, which have jointly launched guidelines on how publishers should facilitate the citation of plant...
Tunisian Minister of Environment Opens International Meeting
12/11/2018
Global Information System of FAO International Treaty
Tunis, Tunisia, 07 November 2018 – “This training workshop is very beneficial and will enable our national genebank to share skills and knowledge acquired...
20 Grant-winners from 20 Countries Meet in Rome
05/11/2018
Connecting the Local to the Global through the Benefit-Sharing Fund
26 October 2018, Rome, Italy – For the first time in its lifespan, the Benefit-sharing Fund of the FAO International Treaty...
Italian institutions and stakeholders discuss International Treaty
22/10/2018
Rome, Italy, 27 September 2018 - Genebank curators and researchers of the major Italian agricultural research institutions together with representatives of Civil Society’ Organizations involved in agrobiodiversity conservation and management...
G2P-SOL Interview Series: Our Contribution to the World Food Day 2018
16/10/2018
Each year on 16 October the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations celebrates the World Food Day to promote worldwide awareness and action for those who suffer...