You will recall that the First Global Symposium on Farmers’ Rights was held in 2023 in New Delhi, India. At its Tenth Session that same year, the Governing Body of...

First New Member of 2025 16 January 2025, Rome, Italy – South Africa has joined the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, by depositing it’s instrument of...

Ninth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Committee on Conservation and Sustainable Useof Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ACSU)    Rome, Italy, 1-3 October 2024 – The Ad Hoc Technical Committee...

The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), in collaboration with The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, is conducting a survey to review the first...

Supporting Countries to Join the International Treaty Tashkent, Uzbekistan – The Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) supported the symposium on “The Role of...

Ukraine, often referred to as one of the world’s main breadbaskets, is home to a wide variety of agricultural plants. But since the escalation of the war in 2022, its...

  The activity aimed to increase familiarity with available search tools and portals and access to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture Montevideo, Uruguay, - A national workshop on "Capacity Building...

The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), in collaboration with The Alliance of Bioversity International and The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), and the...

Global Webinar focuses on smallholder farmers The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (International Treaty), in collaboration with the CGIAR Initiative on Genebanks and the Alliance of...

Promoting Farmer-Led Solutions Harare. Zimbabwe – Global food and seed systems stakeholders meet in Zimbabwe this week to share experiences between Europe and Africa on creating seed regulations and laws that...

Special Event FAO Headquarters, Rome, 18 November 2024 – The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture hosted a Special Event focusing on the essential relationship between crop diversity...

05 December 2024, Lima, Peru –  The Government of Peru formally announced today that the Eleventh Session of the Governing Body of the FAOInternational Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for...

23 January 2025, Davos, Switzerland – The World Economic Forum’s 2025 meeting in Davos was the venue of the first Food Forever Experience of the year, underscoring the importance of...

Georgia, Malawi and Zimbabwe deposit over 2000 accessions. Longyearbyen (Svalbard Islands), Norway, 25 February 2025 — The Svalbard Global Seed Vault marked its 17th anniversary today by opening its doors to...

Hosted by International Plant Treaty & International Plant Protection Convention  21 February 2025, Rome, Italy – The Secretariats of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and...

A Conversation with Alwin Kopse  Alwin Kopse of Switzerland is the Chair of the Eleventh Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty (GB-11), a position he was unanimously elected...

Collaborating for Conservation  Dijon, France, 10 March 2025 – The Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (International Treaty) participated in the Technical Meeting on Genetic Resources and...

07 April 2025, Rome, Italy – The Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculturelaunched the newly redesigned homepage for the Global Information System (GLIS)...

“Smallholder Farmers Make a Difference” FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy, 17 April 2025 – The ‘Right to Food in Rome’ event took place at FAO headquarters today, bringing together food security experts,...

Rome, Italy, 29 April 2025 – The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture has published two important new resources for researchers and plant breeders working with...