New Delhi, India 17 September 2022 – The Government of Norway announced a contribution of 40 million Norwegian Kroners (approximately USD 4 million) to the Benefit-sharing Fund of the International Treaty on Plant...

• Kenya

A set of twelve varieties of finger millet and related wild species.

Representatives from all over the world met in Kigali the first week in November for the 7th Governing Body meeting to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food...

En estos días estamos celebrando el quinto aniversario del histórico Acuerdo de París sobre el cambio climático. Cinco años después de su adopción, seguimos observando nuevos récords de temperaturas y cómo...

The central government has circulated the Draft Seeds Bill 2019, the text of which raises several red flags about the future of kisan rights, state responsibilities, the role of the...

• Italy

The Italian Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche notified the Secretary that the Triticum and Hordeum collection held by Istituto di Genetica Vegetale the located in Via Amendola, 165/a 70126 Bari -Italy and consisting of 27.743 Triticum and 2.102 Hordeum h...

• Poland

1. The collections held by the Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute (IHAR), located in Radzików (20 992 accessions); 2. The collections of Solanum held by the Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute (IHAR), Research Division in Mlochów(7 acc...

• United Arab Emirates

International Center for Biosaline Agriculture

President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said India's law on the protection of plant varieties and farmers' rights can be emulated for the entire world, as it gains importance. President Droupadi Murmu...

• France

The "Association Française des Semences de céréales à paille et autres espèces Autogames" (AFSA), and the National Institute for Agricultural Research of France (INRA) have informed the Secretary of French collections of bread wheat with a total number o...

• Poland

The Department of Plant Breeding and Plant Protection of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on behalf of Poland has notified the Secretariat of the International Treaty of 52.938 accessions listed in Annex 1 that are conserved in ten ...

SVALBARD, Norway (9 June 2022) – The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is once again opening its door to seeds from around the world. Eleven genebanks from Africa, America, Asia and Europe are set...

• Italy

The Italian National Focal Point, on behalf of the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, has notified the Secretary of additional inclusions in the Multilateral System of the Treaty of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture listed in Annex I. The not...

• India

The Peermade Development society, Kerala, India, have informed the Secretary of seven accessions listed in Annex I which are included in the Multilateral System of the Treaty.

• Switzerland

The Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG) of the Switzerland has notified the Secretary that the following plant genetic resources for food and agriculture listed in Annex I as well as non-Annex I crops and maintained in Switzerland have been includ...

New Delhi: Union Agriculture Minister, Narendra Singh Tomar reminded the gathering that the conservation of plant genetic resources is the shared responsibility of humanity while addressing the Opening Ceremony of...

• Netherlands

The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Netherlands has notified the Secretary the availability in the MLS of three collections: the collections of the Centre for Genetic Resources of the Wageningen University Research Centre, th...

• Czech Republic

The Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic has notified the Secretary that plant genetic resources for food and agriculture listed in Annex I and maintained in the Research Institute of Crop Production in Prague are included in the Multila...

• Canada

At the Third Session of the Governing Body, Canada reported that all canadian germplasm placed into the multilateral system was available for distribution. Details and relevant information is available through an internet accessible database at: http://p...

• Bhutan

Bhutan has endorsed sixty (60) accessions of rice germplasm from the National Plant Gene Bank at NBC that are available in the Multilateral System (MLS) of ITPGRFA