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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...
Training module on conservation and sustainable use under the International Treaty now available online
23/01/2012
The Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture has just published an educational module on conservation and sustainable use as part of a series...
The International Treaty launches a website with one stop-access for plant genetic resources policy
18/01/2012
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture has launched a new website that offers a single one-stop-access point to plant genetic resources information by listing meeting...
FAO says traditional crops key to facing climate change
14/11/2011
Rome – Traditional food crops and other plant varieties worldwide are in urgent need of protection from climate change and other environmental stresses, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)...
Ministers discuss in New York the connections of the Nagoya Protocol and the International Treaty
21/09/2011
Rome/New York - Ministers of Agriculture, Environment and Foreign Affairs and well as senior intergovernmental officials from more than 30 countries will discuss tomorrow the close linkages between the Nagoya...
Bioversity International announces the 2012 Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships
05/08/2011
Bioversity International has just announced the Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships 2012 to carry out research, from 3 to 12 months, on a wide range of biophysical, economic and social themes related to...
Policy makers and senior officials attend a briefing in Rome on the coherent implementation of the International Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol
30/06/2011
More than 100 policy makers and seniors officials attending the FAO conference this week were briefed today by the Secretaries of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food...
Launch of InforMEA – the United Nations Information Portal on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)
14/06/2011
Geneva -The Multilateral Environmental Agreements Information and Knowledge Management Initiative (MEA-IKM), launched today a harmonized information system to assist Parties and the environment community at large to access information...
Collaborating to build capacity for two new treaties on genetic resources
05/06/2011
Montreal - The secretariats of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture will collaborate to deliver a two-day...