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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
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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...
African nations adopt a common position on the International Plant Treaty
03/10/2017
September 20, 2017, Kigali: Delegates from the African Union Commission convened in Rwanda for a two-day Regional Workshop on the Implementation of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for...
New Crop Identifiers for Genebanks and Plant Breeders
28/09/2017
FAO, Rome – For the first time genebanks and plant breeders will get guidance on standard identification, thus enhancing the automated exchange of research results, particularly through the growing Global...
The Darwin Initiative calls for project proposals on biodiversity
16/08/2017
The Darwin Initiative, a British government grants scheme aimed at helping protect biodiversity and the natural environment worldwide, announced that it is now accepting applications for this round’s projects. The...
Rwanda will host the Seventh Governing Body meeting of the International Treaty
04/07/2017
03 July 2017, Rome – Speaking during the 40th Session of the FAO Conference in Rome, Rwandan Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, H.E. Geraldine Mukeshimana announced that Rwanda will...
Over 4 Million Samples of Germplasm transferred through the International Treaty
30/06/2017
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resource for Food and Agriculture announced that it has now facilitated the transfer of over 4.1 million samples of germplasm through its multilateral system,...