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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...
The Treaty will be at International Green Week 2014: Sharing Benefits from Food Plants
09/01/2014
International Green Week Berlin, one of the largest expositions of food, agriculture and horticulture in the world, provides an international meeting place for sharing ideas about agriculture and promoting food...
Sri Lanka Joins the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
24/12/2013
Sri Lanka has ratified the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and become a Contracting Party as of 16 December 2013, bringing the total number of...
Japan Becomes 130th Contracting Party of the International Treaty
28/10/2013
Japan has acceded to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and becomes a Contracting Party as of today, 28 October 2013, bringing the total...
The implementation Multilateral System of the Treaty through the lens of India
11/10/2013
The publication 'A road map for implementing the multilateral system of access and benefit-sharing in India', which puts through the lens of India’s stakeholders the national implementation of the Multilateral...
Fifth Session of the International Treaty Governing Body Concludes On An Upbeat Note
01/10/2013
Muscat, Oman – The Fifth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (GB5) officially concluded on an upbeat note...
Fifth Session of the International Treaty opens in Muscat
24/09/2013
Muscat, Oman – The Fifth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (GB5) was officially opened in Muscat, Oman, today.
The...
Ethiopian Minister of Agriculture at GB5
24/09/2013
“In today’s world, no country can stand alone and no country can manage its need for food security on its own. We really depend upon each other. Many countries...
Easy-SMTA and Capfitogen presented in Muscat
24/09/2013
Muscat, Oman - The Secretariat of the International Treaty today presented two new innovative packages of information technology tools to support the implementation of the International Treaty with the...
Norway Invests US $23.7 Million to Ensure Farmers Face Climate Change Armed with Wide Array of Crop Diversity
24/09/2013
MUSCAT, OMAN — The government of Norway today pledged US $23.7 million to conserve and sustainably manage the world’s most important food crops, citing the critical need for crop...
Muscat Ministerial Declaration on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
21/09/2013
Muscat, Oman – Ministers and high-level delegates from the Near East and North Africa Region met in Muscat today and adopted the Muscat Ministerial Declaration on the International Treaty on Plant...