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The International Treaty launches the Third Call for Project Proposals
12/02/2015
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture launched its third call for project proposals under its Benefit-Sharing Fund (BSF). With over USD 10 million available for...
Published the Report of the First Asian Meeting of the National Focal Points of the International Treaty
12/02/2015
The Report of the first meeting of the Asian national focal points of the International Treaty is now online. The meeting took place in Bangkok in May 2013 as part...
Tonga Joins the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
21/01/2015
Tonga has deposited the instrument of accession to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and will become a Contracting Party on 16 March 2015, bringing...
Treaty Holds Regional Workshops for BSF Project Applicants
09/12/2014
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) organized a series of special Regional Workshops for those preparing to submit full proposals for projects to be...
Iraq Joins the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
27/11/2014
The Republic of Iraq has acceded to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture on 29 September 2014, becoming the Treaty’s 133rd Contracting Party as of...
4th High-Level Round Table on International Plant Treaty Convenes During 69th United Nations General Assembly
24/09/2014
The Fourth High-Level Ministerial Round Table on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture was convened at the United Nations under the patronage of the Sultanate...
Marshall Islands Ratifies the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
15/09/2014
Marshall Islands has deposited the instrument of ratification to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and will become a contracting Party on 13 October 2014,...
Japan includes almost 18,000 crop and forage accessions into the Multilateral System with high-value associated data
01/08/2014
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan has notified the International Treaty about the inclusion of almost 18000 accessions of crop and forages into the Treaty’s Multilateral System...
Enabling Farmers to Face Climate Change
23/07/2014
The Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture has published online the booklet “Enabling Farmers to Face Climate Change” which provides an overview of...
Steering Committee discusses action plan for the Near East and the North Africa
13/07/2014
FAO hosts the first Steering Committee to discuss the implementation of the Near East and North Africa Action Plan for the Benefit-Sharing Fund in the Near East and North Africa...
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The International Treaty Turns 10 Since Its Entry Into Force
10/07/2014
The 29th of June 2014 marks the 10th Anniversary of the entry-into-force of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA). A special celebration will be...
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New capacity-building materials for local and indigenous agricultural communities
04/07/2014
A new set of capacity-building materials on Farmers’ Rights has been published to support small-holder farmer leaders and decision makers, who live and depend in a direct way on family...
International Plant Treaty Celebrates 10 Years of Entry-Into-Force
03/07/2014
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture celebrated its 10th birthday since its entry-into-force on 29 June 2004 in Geneva today. The event highlighted the pivotal...
The G20 countries noted DivSeek with interest at their annual meeting
01/07/2014
The Chief Agricultural Scientists of the G20 countries have favourably appraised DivSeek, an initiative that links large-scale sequencing and phenotyping data to publicly available germplasm accessions, following a presentation made...
Tandem workshop for National Focal Points of the International Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol
02/06/2014
The National Focal Points of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) and the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and...
An action plan to conserve and use the diversity of Mesoamerica
08/04/2014
Blue corn, red and black beans, avocados the size of an ostrich egg: Mesoamerica is the birthplace of a wide range of agricultural biodiversity – crops that are important not...
Indonesia Becomes the First Country to Donate Towards the Next Round of the Benefit-sharing Fund Projects
07/04/2014
Indonesia has become the first developing country to make a voluntary financial contribution into the Benefit-Sharing Fund of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
The Indonesian...
Sharing the Benefits from Food Plants through the International Treaty - A new Biennium and a new Round of Benefit-Sharing
17/01/2014
Berlin, Germany - The Global Forum for Food and Agriculture on "Empowering Agriculture: Fostering Resilience – Securing Food and Nutrition" took place in Berlin as part of International Green...
Report of the training workshop for Asian countries on the Implementation of the International Treaty
17/01/2014
The report of the training workshop Enhancing capacities to understand and implement the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture”, which was recently held in Tsukuba, Japan,...
The Multilateral System initiates 2014 with new inclusions of material
17/01/2014
The Secretary of the International Treaty has been notified by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry of France of two new collections of forages and potato that are now...