I have the pleasure to refer to the report of the eleventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group to Enhance the Functioning of the Multilateral System (Working Group)...

You may recall that the Tenth Session of the Governing Body thanked the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA) for sharing the draft Third Report on the...

With reference to Resolution 2/2023, Implementation and Operation of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing,1 I am pleased to inform you that the briefing note for natural and legal...

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...

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...

A new statistics and spatial tool to support in situ conservation of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture called 'Complementa' has been developed and presented for the first time...

Real yield improvements in rice and wheat agriculture, development of  resilient  crop varieties, extensive conservation of such varieties on-farm and in local seed banks – these are some of the...

Farmers and scientists explore seed diversity as a resource for the future. Agriculture in North India sustains hundreds of millions of people. Due to expected climate change, including more extreme...

Supporting projects in developing countries through the FAO International Treaty ROME, Italy, 15 June 2020 – For the third consecutive year, the French seed sector, Groupement National Interprofessionnel des Semences...

The Role of Seeds in the Fight against Hunger Rome, Italy, 26 June 2020 – The Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food announced its annual contribution of approximately 1 million Norwegian...

Payment for Use of Plant Material under the International Treaty Rome, Italy, 31 August 2020 – Dutch family-owned vegetable seed company Bejo has paid into the International Treaty’s Benefit-sharing Fund, in...

   

Five countries protecting and preserving food biodiversity for resilient agri-food systems Humans rely on a shockingly low number of plants for the majority of our daily calories. In fact, of the...

Rome, Italy, 25 June 2021 – Cryopreservation is the key to conserving a number of crops we rely on for our food and agriculture. While most of the world’s food...

Sharing & Taking Care of the Source of Our Food Florence, Italy, 07 July 2021 – Villa Bardini was the venue for the first Italian ‘Summer School’ dedicated entirely to the...

Rome, Italy, October 2021– Crop collection holders in low- and middle-income countries can take advantage of a new funding opportunity to support the duplication and safeguarding of their collections in the...

New Delhi, India, 17 September 2022 – “Celebrating Farmers as Guardians of Crop Diversity” was the focus of a Special Event held in New Delhi today at the Pullman Aerocity....

USD 11 Million to be Invested in the Fifth Cycle of Benefit-sharing Fund Projects Rome, 9 May 2023 – Twenty-eight projects have been approved for Benefit-sharing Fund support by the...

Bangkok, Thailand --  The Asia and Pacific regional consultation on the Second Global Plan of Action (GPA) for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture opened in Bangkok today, hosted...

The Kingdom of Bahrain has officially acceded to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), marking a significant step towards the conservation and sustainable use...