Svalbard, Norway, 25 February 2020 – Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufu-Addo of Ghana, SDG Advocates, Norwegian Minister of Agriculture and Food, Olaug Vervik Bollestad,...

Thanks to the collaboration of national and international genebanks and plant breeders, the Global Information System (GLIS) of the International Treaty on PGRFA now facilitates enhanced access to information on...

Available in four languages Rome, Italy, 22 March 2021 – The International Treaty has released an updated list of passport descriptors for crop wild relatives conserved in situ. This publication,...

Status & Challenges of Conservation, Exchange and Use Rome, Italy, 16 February 2021 – Over 400 people from around the world got online at the same time to listen to international...

Collected under Project Funded by International Treaty Svalbard, Norway, March 2021 – Two hundred of the 324 types of rice varieties deposited in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault last month were...

Unique Collection of Best Practices from Around the World   Rome, Italy, 4 May 2021 – The International Treaty has launched the “Inventory on Farmers’ Rights,” a unique collection of lessons learned...

Video messages from International Treaty Stakeholders 20 May 2021, Rome, Italy –The Secretariat of the InternationalTreaty has just released Voices of Diversity, in which farmers, breeders and decision-makers voice their...

   

Svalbard, Norway, October 2021 – The Benefit-sharing Fund project, GRAINEFIT, celebrated a unique milestone, with the first-ever deposit of Serbian crop varieties into the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The 96...

Rome, Italy, 27 October 2021 – The FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, and the World Agroforestry (ICRAF) have released two publications with key strategic...

- Climate change, the global pandemic, pest and pathogen outbreaks, and political instability are posing ever-increasing threats to genebanks around the world- In response, the Crop Trust and the Secretariat...

Second International Agrobiodiversity Congress Focusses on “Eat-Grow-Save” Rome, Italy, 19 November 2021 – “Eat, Grow, Save” were the key focus areas of discussion during the Second International Agrobiodiversity Congress (IAC-2), co-convened...

Continuing Global Pandemic Necessitates Virtual Gathering 06 December 2021, Rome, Italy – Tomorrow marks the beginning of the First Special Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant...

Final biennial budget to be decided next year 07 December 2021, Rome, Italy –An interim budget for the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture was adopted today...

  

New Training Material Available 04 February 2022, Rome, Italy – The Secretariat of the International Treaty on PGRFA is pleased to announce the publication of its latest Educational Module. This...

Six new lists of descriptors for tropical fruit trees Rome, Italy, 01 February 2022  – The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the World Agroforestry (ICRAF)...

International Treaty facilitates the global exchange of beans Rome, Italy, 24 March 2022 – European citizens are collaborating with scientists in the evaluation and characterization of beans through the Citizen...

Newest member brings total to 149 Contracting Parties  Rome, Italy, 2 May 2022 – The Dominican Republic becomes the 149th Contracting Party of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for...

 Fifth Cycle of Benefit-sharing Fund Rome, Italy, 20 May 2022 – On the occasion of Biodiversity Day, the International Treaty has just issued a new call for project proposals to be...