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Countries meet to boost Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources
08/12/2010
Rome - Senior representatives of more than 60 countries including 22 cabinet ministers have met in Rome as part of a new push to galvanize support behind the International Treaty...
FAO launches 2nd State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture report
26/10/2010
Rome – The genetic diversity of the plants that we grow and eat and their “wild relatives” could be lost forever, threatening future food security, unless special efforts are stepped...
The International Treaty Joins Spain’s Celebrations of Agrobiodiversity
14/09/2010
Cordoba (Spain) - The Secretary of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Dr Shakeel Bhatti has participated today in the International Seminar on the...
Governments, the Private Sector and International Foundations Meet in Cordoba to Discuss How a New Global Fund is Delivering Global Food Security
13/09/2010
Cordoba (Spain) - Representatives from Governments, the private sector and international foundations discussed today in Cordoba (Spain) the role of the International Treaty’s new ‘Leading the Field’ initiative, an initiative...
Experts stress the role of the FAO International Treaty for climate change
10/02/2010
Government officials and international experts from more than 30 countries of all world regions stress the role of the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture...
First Fruits of Plant Gene Pact
29/06/2009
For the first time, farmers in poor countries are to be rewarded under a binding international treaty for conserving and propagating crop varieties that could prove to be the saviour...
11 projects announced in Tunis to receive grants from treaty on food plant genes
29/06/2009
The governing body of the International Treaty for Plant Genetic Resources, meeting this week in Tunis, announced today it would fund more than half-million US dollars in awards aimed at...
Germany, Namibia, the Netherlands and Zambia notify the inclusion of materials in the Multilateral System
01/12/2008
Germany, Namibia, the Netherlands and Zambia have recently notified the Secretary of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) of national collections with more than...
International Seminar on the implementation of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean
11/09/2008
The Secretariat of the International Treaty, together with the International Spanish Cooperation Agency (AECI) and the Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs of Spain recently organized a seminar...
Global Farmers’ Rights Experts Meet in Rome
14/08/2025
23-26 June 2025, Rome, Italy – Farmers’ Rights experts from 28 countries gathered at FAO headquarters in Rome to discuss the state of implementation of