Norway is funding the “Local Seed Restoration Project” of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Malawi. Hanne Blafjelldal, a high-ranking Norwegian government officer says: “The goal is to...

After disasters, emergency interventions mainly focus on saving lives and providing water, food and shelter. Protecting and rebuilding local seed reserves is often overlooked, even though traditional seeds are crucial...

On 3rd day of the 9th Session of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), GB9 held deliberations on following most significant issues of Plant...

In a landmark move aimed at bolstering food security in Tanzania, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Vegetable Centre have signed an agreement to enhance vegetable farming through a...

Conservation et utilisation durable des ressources phytogénétiques pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture et droits des agriculteurs Les représentants de 30 pays africains et 17 Organisations non gouvernementales sont réunis à Dakar à...

ROME, Nov 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Rich and poor countries are at loggerheads over how to share benefits from genetic plant data that could help breed crops better able...

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

NAIROBI, April 9 (Xinhua) -- The UN specialized agency on combating hunger on Monday urged African states to embrace traditional crops in order to combat climate change. Wilson Ronno, Crops Officer...

International Rice Research Institute

中国可以在作物多样性和多边合作方面真正发挥全球性的领导作用。 据联合国粮食及农业组织估计，自上世纪初以来，世界已丧失约75%的农业生物多样性。目前，全球已建成种子（质）库约1750座，共收集保存740多万份种质资源，绝大部分以农作物种子为保存对象。 “保种”保的不只是地球上粮农植物遗传资源，它还肩负保护人类社会可持续发展的路径。《粮食与农业植物遗传资源国际条约》于2001年11月3日在联合国粮食及农业组织第三十一届会议上通过。该条约是获取粮食和农业植物生物多样性所有成分及其利益共享的首个全面运作的国际

Before the seminar, CBCGDF was personally written by Mr. Nnadozie about the importance of building a possible platform for dialogue and cooperation under the CBCGDF’s proposal, and it would be...

Regional Goodwill Ambassador, Michael Haddad, who is paralysed from the chest down, yesterday defied all odds to achieve the impossible, completing his Arctic walk for climate resilience and food security. Accompanied...

• Kenya

The Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARl) of Kenya notified the Secretary that a total of 30 genera comprising of 12,873 accessions listed in the Annex I of the International Treaty and maintained in the National Genebank of Kenya are included in t...

RESEARCHERS have identified 25 types of cassava seeds that they will develop to make them resilient to the country’s climatic challenges, diseases, drought and extreme coldness. Efforts are intended to enable...

The Seminar on the Mainstreaming of Agricultural Biodiversity and the UN FAO’s ITPGRFA In order to further respond positively to President Xi Jinping’s call for “construction of global ecological civilization, deep...

The co-chairs of the UN Secretary-General’s Group of Advocates for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway and President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana – held a...

Kent Nnadozie is the Secretary of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. He may not have the shortest title in the world, but he also...

• Jordan

The National Center for Agricultural Research and Extension (NCARE) of Jordan has notified the Secretary of 1885 accessions of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture listed in Annex 1 of the Treaty included in the Multilateral System. The mater...

I have the honour to draw attention to Resolution 10/2023, through which the Governing Body, among other matters, requested me to develop the draft Action Plan for the implementation of...

The purpose of this notification is to invite Contracting Parties and other holders of plant genetic resources to provide information, as soon as possible, on germplasm that is available in...