The sixth session of the Governing Body of the 136-nation International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is to be held at the FAO in Rome from...

New gateway provides vital information on global seed pool to develop shock-resistant varieties 9 October 2015, Rome - Delegates from the136 member nations of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic...

FAO and Bioversity International have just released an updated version of the Multi-Crop Passport Descriptors (MCPD V.2.1), the international standard globally adopted for passport data of ex situ genebank accessions.   Descriptors...

The Final Report of the Sixth Session of the Governing Body is available online in all the official languages in the FAO Document Repository

Tuvalu, an independent small island state of the Pacific has acceded to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA),...

Chile has ratified the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture becoming the 137th Contracting Party to the Treaty and increasing the membership of the Treaty in the...

The country adheres to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources FAO. Rome, May 17, 2016 - Argentina joins the international efforts for the conservation and distribution of crop varieties that...

Sharing the benefits of agricultural biodiversity can sometimes mean bringing back or introducing new crop varieties in diversity-poor regions to help farmers improve food security and cope with the effects...

12 September 2016.- As of today users visiting www.planttreaty.org will be redirected to the new website of the Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and...

Costa Rica will organize, with the technical support of the Joint Capacity Building Programme on Farmers’ Rights of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (International...

The Plurinational State of Bolivia, in the exercise of its sovereign rights, has deposited the instrument of accession to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture...

The European Association for Research on Plant Breeding (EUCARPIA), Genetic Resources Section, in association with the European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources (ECPGR) has announced the organization of the...

The Secretariats of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) and the European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources (ECPGR) have agreed to strengthen ties...

14 December 2016.- The Second Global Consultation on Farmers’ Rights, organized in Bali by Governments of Indonesia and Norway and with the support of Secretariat of the International Treaty on...

15 December 2016- The Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) participated in the side event “Genetic Diversity for a World Without Hunger”,...

Australia has made a contribution of AU$1 million (US$719,000) to the Benefit Sharing Fund (BSF) of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the Treaty). Under the...

The Government of Norway has announced its annual contribution to the Benefit-sharing Fund of the International Treaty to support farmers’ conservation and use of plant genetic resources. The announcement of...

13 March 2017, Rome - The United States is the newest member of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, a ground-breaking instrument that works to strengthen...

30 March 2017, Rome - FAO and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have agreed to cooperate more closely to support sustainable rice production in developing countries to improve food security and livelihoods...

LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – Agriculture and environment representatives from nine Asian countries convened this week at the headquarters of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) to discuss mutually supportive implementation...