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New Secretary Outlines the Priorities of ITPGRFA
13/09/2018
Dr. Kent Nnadozie has recently taken over as the Secretary of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources (ITPGRFA) during GB7 at Kigali. Dr. Nnadozie has a long experience of...
New decision-making tool for national implementation of the Multilateral System available online
05/09/2018
A new tool to assist national-level policy actors to identify appropriate measures to implement the Multilateral System within their country has been published online. The tool has been designed under...
The International Treaty Fund receives USD 625000 from Italy
12/07/2018
Rome, Italy – Italy has made a contribution of over half-a-million US Dollars to the Benefit-sharing Fund of the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture to...
Video Reportage - Farmers diversify food production in Malawi with new crops
10/07/2018
Recently, the International Treaty went into the field with a high-level representative of a donor country, Norway, to meet with smallholder farmers involved in an agricultural development project supported by the...
UN Biodiversity Convention and International Treaty commit to enhanced cooperation on access and benefit-sharing of genetic resources
09/07/2018
Cooperation to include capacity-building on access and benefit-sharing related to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
Collaborative efforts aimed at contributing to economic development, innovation and research.
9 JULY 2018 –...
International Treaty Fund receives usd 119 000 for use of Plant Material
27/06/2018
Dutch Plant Breeding Company Pays Into Benefit-sharing Fund
Rome, Italy 27 June 2018 – Nunhems Netherlands b.v., currently a subsidiary company of Bayer (soon a subsidiary of BASF), specializing in vegetable...
UN representative visits NordGen to discuss closer collaboration
20/06/2018
Kent Nnadozie is the Secretary of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. He may not have the shortest title in the world, but he also...
Holding the secrets of biodiversity
13/06/2018
THE IMPORTANCE of the world gene bank system may not be front of mind for the average farmer, but when the system is needed the results can be massive.
Tim Fischer,...
Supporting genebanks in Latin America
04/06/2018
San José, Costa Rica, 31 May 2018 – Thanks to the work of genebank managers and data curators, the International Treaty’s Global Information System (GLIS) is fast developing into a...
International Treaty and European Union Visit Project Sites in Kenya & Tanzania
25/05/2018
Visiting Small Farmers
Nairobi, Kenya & Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, 9-13 April 2018 – The European Union has been partnering with the International Treaty’s Benefit-sharing Fund to support farmers in Africa and elsewhere...
Local seeds resist climate change better
10/05/2018
Norway is funding the “Local Seed Restoration Project” of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Malawi. Hanne Blafjelldal, a high-ranking Norwegian government officer says: “The goal is to...
Svalbard Global Seed Vault presented at Plant Treaty meeting in Kigali, Rwanda
02/05/2018
Representatives from all over the world met in Kigali the first week in November for the 7th Governing Body meeting to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food...
CPM-13 Side Session on Plant Health and Environmental Protection held at FAO HQs
19/04/2018
A successful side session on the 2018 IPPC annual theme “Plant Health and Environmental Protection” was held at FAO Headquarters in Rome on Monday 16 April at the margins of...
Researchers zero in 25 climatic resilient cassava varieties
18/04/2018
RESEARCHERS have identified 25 types of cassava seeds that they will develop to make them resilient to the country’s climatic challenges, diseases, drought and extreme coldness.
Efforts are intended to enable...
UN urges Africa to embrace traditional crops to combat climate change
10/04/2018
NAIROBI, April 9 (Xinhua) -- The UN specialized agency on combating hunger on Monday urged African states to embrace traditional crops in order to combat climate change.
Wilson Ronno, Crops Officer...
Boosting Crop Biodiversity in Malawi
16/03/2018
Global Impact of Local Farmers
Lilongwe, Malawi, 8 March 2018 – “What the farmers in Malawi’s Mzuzu district are doing in their fields through this Benefit-sharing Fund project is important for...
Norway committed to support agriculture sector
12/03/2018
Norwegian Government has said it is committed to continue supporting Malawi in agriculture sector so that the country should end hunger.
The assurance was made by Norwegian Deputy Minister of Agriculture...
Biodiversity Conservation Initiative reintroduces Indigenous Crops
12/03/2018
Considered unimportant and slowly being forgotten, indigenous crops such as pearl millet, finger millet, pigeon peas, cow peas and sorghum are not only nutritious, drought resistant and cost effective as...
Norway’s Deputy Minister Visits Malawi with International Treaty
06/03/2018
First Visit to Famers’ Fields in Malawi
Mzuzu, Malawi, 4 March 2018 – Hanne Maren Blafjelldal, Norway’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food joined FAO’s International Treaty Secretary, Kent Nnadozie, on...
10th Anniversary of the Global Seed Vault
28/02/2018
Saving Seeds for the Future
Svalbard, Norway, 26 February 2018 – Politicians, plant geneticists, scientists and international experts from around the world gathered at a massive Norwegian mountain today to celebrate...