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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...
Arctic seed vault turning 10 faces 'unprecedented' agricultural challenges
27/02/2018
LONGYEARBYEN, Norway, Feb 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A cavernous bunker on a remote island above the Arctic Circle, where polar bears roam, holds the key to 12,000 years of...
Los dividendos por compartir semillas se hacen esperar
26/02/2018
La protección de los derechos de los agricultores y la redistribución de los beneficios son retos pendientes en el sistema internacional que regula el intercambio de material genético agrícola
La que...
An insurance policy for the world’s crops
22/02/2018
Before 2001, developing a new type of wheat or rice would mean making many individual requests to other countries asking for their seeds and other genetic material. Now, the International...
African experts discuss how to improve plant genetic resources documentation through the Global Information System
21/12/2017
Experts from 18 African countries met in Cape Town, South Africa, and discussed the way in which they can improve the documentation of plant genetic resources and information exchange through...
Fourth Call for Proposals under the Benefit-sharing Fund Opens
15/12/2017
Rome, Italy, 15 December 2017 – The Call for Proposals under the fourth cycle of projects to be funded through the Benefit-sharing Fund of the FAO International Treaty on Plant...
GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL BIODIVERSITY CONFERENCE CONCLUDES ON A HIGH NOTE
08/11/2017
Key decisions taken by 144 countries
Kigali, Rwanda, 3 November 2017 – It has been an exciting week at the Kigali Convention Center, with hundreds of delegates holding intense discussions late...
UNITED STATES ADDS 500,000 SAMPLES OF PLANT GENETIC MATERIAL INTO MULTILATERAL SYSTEM
03/11/2017
International Treaty Multilateral System of Access & Benefit-sharing grows to 2 million
Kigali, Rwanda, 2 November 2017 – The United States announced today that they will be adding 500,000 samples of...
PARTNERING TO SAFEGUARD BIODIVERSITY
03/11/2017
Fourth Call for Benefit-sharing Fund Projects
Kigali, Rwanda, 3 November 2017 – For the fourth time since 2009, millions of dollars will be invested in developing country projects to help safeguard...
FRENCH SEED SECTOR ANNOUNCES ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION TO BENEFIT-SHARING FUND
02/11/2017
French Government Reiterates Support for FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
KIGALI, Rwanda, 2 November 2017 – France announced that their private seed sector (Groupement National...
SHARING KNOW-HOW THROUGH A GLOBAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
01/11/2017
Over 185 000 DOIs registered in first three weeks
Kigali, Rwanda, 31 October 2017 – The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture has developed a Global Information...
GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY CONFERENCE CONVENES IN AFRICA
31/10/2017
Strengthening Crop Conservation and Exchange
Kigali, Rwanda, 30 October 2017 – Delegates from around the world gathered in Kigali for the opening of the Seventh Session of the Governing Body of...
Will the Genomics Revolution Result in More Nutritious Food on our Tables? Scientists and Policy Makers Meet at United Nations Special Event
30/10/2017
Kigali, Rwanda, 28 October 2017 – Today, the FAO International Plant Treaty held a curtain raiser event in advance of its bi-annual global meeting of 144 Member Countries, to talk...
Global gathering to take place in Sub-Saharan Africa
28/10/2017
Kigali, Rwanda, 28 October 2017 – For the first time in its history, the Governing Body comprising representatives of 144 member countries of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources...
Heads of Biodiversity-Related Global Conventions gather at FAO
16/10/2017
28-29 September, ROME – The Heads of eight bio-diversity-related Conventions known as the Liaison Group of Biodiversity-related Conventions (BLG) met at FAO Headquarters to discuss ways to join forces in...
International Workshop on Community Seed Banks
03/10/2017
FAO, ROME – Close to 100 farmers, experts, academics, plant breeders and scientists from different regions of the world gathered at FAO to exchange differing experiences between Community Seeds Banks...