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International Treaty Plays Key Role in Technology Transfer for Food Security
04/05/2013
Geneva, Switzerland – Ministers, experts and other participants at the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) acknowledged the key role played by The International Treaty on Plant Genetic...
Report on the First Project Portfolio of the International Treaty’s Benefit-sharing Fund now available online
13/04/2013
The Report on the First Round of the Project Cycle of the Benefit-sharing Fund, published by the Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and...
Crop Genetic Resources as a Global Commons
31/12/2012
Routledge launches the book "Crop Genetic Resources as a Global Commons: Challenges in International Law and Governance", edited by Michael Halewood, Isabel López Noriega and Selim Louafi, as a part...
Briefing on policy and legal matters for genebank managers
12/12/2012
The Secretariat of the International Treaty briefed twenty genebank managers of institutions that are signatories of agreements with the Governing Body under Article 15 of the International Treaty on relevant...
Neglected crops need a rethink - can help world face the food security challenges of the future, says Graziano da Silva
10/12/2012
Córdoba (Spain) - Neglected crops that are currently underutilized by farmers can play an important role addressing the food and agriculture challenges of the future and should be reevaluated, FAO...
Swaziland Becomes the 128th Contracting Party to the International Treaty on PGRFA
22/11/2012
The Kingdom of Swaziland has now submitted its instrument of ratification to the FAO and will raise to 128 the number of Contracting Parties to the International Treaty on Plant...
Side event on the progress on the implementation of the ITPGRFA and the new CGIAR Consortium
18/11/2012
The event was opened by Ms Kakoli Ghosh, Officer of Plant Production and Protection Division of FAO (AGP).
The first presentation was made by Dr Shakeel Bhatti, Secretary of the Governing...
More than 70 experts from Central America discuss on climate change and food crops
14/11/2012
More than 70 experts and scientists have gathered this week in Guatemala City to discuss on climate change and its impact on ten important food crops in the Mesoamerican region...
EU contributes €5 million to help farmers maintain crop diversity
22/06/2012
Rio de Janeiro - The European Union is contributing €5 million euros (6.5 million dollars) towards the Benefit-sharing Fund of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and...
Prof. Esquinas-Alcázar has been awarded a prize by H.M. Queen Sofía of Spain
16/05/2012
Former Secretary of the FAO’s Commission on Genetic Resources and of the Interim Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources, Prof. José Esquinas-Alcázar was awarded a prize by...
The gene pool of the Treaty gets 351 Moroccan wheat accessions from a benefit-sharing Fund project
29/03/2012
The global gene pool of the International Treaty received this week 351 new wheat accessions that have been evaluated during the life of a Benefit-sharing Fund project implemented in Morocco,...
Joint ECPGR and NENA PGR Workshop on the implementation of the International Treaty
28/02/2012
As part of the activities of the Inter-regional Cooperation Network of the European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources (ECPGR), a joint workshop between ECPGR and the Near East and...
The Bali Ministerial Declaration is available in Italian, German and Portuguese
16/02/2012
The Secretariat is pleased to announce that the Bali Ministerial Declaration on the International Treaty adopted last March is available in the six official languages of the International Treaty plus...
MLS: Fostering Access to PGRFA within the Multilateral System
16/02/2012
Through the Treaty Website the Secretariat makes available information on material included in the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing by Contracting Parties, the International Agriculture Research Centres of the...
Printed copies of the Report of the Fourth Session are available upon request
16/02/2012
The Secretariat can make printed copies of the Report of the Fourth Session available upon request to participants of the Governing Body, national focal points and other government officials in...
Follow in photo and video the 10th anniversary event
16/02/2012
You can watch online some selected video interventions and statements made by the participants and guests of the 10th anniversary event that took place in Rome : Director-General of FAO...
The Secretary of the Treaty talks about the 2009-2011 projects funded by the BSF
16/02/2012
In this short video the Secretary of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Dr Shakeel Bhatti talks about the Treaty's Benefit-sharing Fund and how it...
The Treaty calls for submissions on Farmers’ Rights from Contracting Parties and Relevant organizations
16/02/2012
The Governing Body has invited Contracting Parties and other relevant organizations to submit views, experiences and best practices on the implementation of Farmers’ Rights as set out in Article 9....
The Benefit-sharing Fund: a new approach towards building partnerships
16/02/2012
Since the launch of the first call for proposals by the Benefit Sharing Fund (BSF) in 2009, there has been a significant increase in the size of the Fund’s portfolio....
The Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food visits the International Treaty
16/02/2012
The Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Prof. Olivier de Schutter, visited the International Treaty on 17 January to discuss with the Secretary of the International Treaty, Dr Shakeel...