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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...
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 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...
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...