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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...
‘Southern Cone’ Ministers Declare Renewed Commitment to International Treaty and Agricultural Biodiversity
02/10/2018
Argentina, 28 September 2018 – The Agriculture Ministers of the five nations comprising the ‘Southern Cone’ of Latin America – Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay – signed a Ministerial...
Together to ensure seed diversity
27/09/2018
An article by Norwegian Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food, Hanne Maren Blafjelldal
Genetic diversity is essential for all food production - both in Norway, Malawi and the rest of the...
Saman om å sikra såfrømangfaldet
26/09/2018
Årets sommar med tørke og store avlingsskadar viser tydeleg kor utfordrande matproduksjonen er, og gjev ein peikepinn på kor vanskeleg det er å tilpasse seg eit meir ekstremt og uforutsibart...
In Search of Innovative Fund-raising
18/09/2018
Rome, Italy, 05 September 2018 – A special event on “Innovative funding, big data and other trends in funding biodiversity in agriculture” kicked off the 10th meeting of the Ad...
Farmers’ Rights Experts Meet in Rome
18/09/2018
A historic meeting on Farmers’ Rights took place at the FAO headquarters in Rome this week, under the auspices of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and...
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...