• France

The "Association pour l'Etude et l'Amélioration du Maïs", and the National Institute for Agricultural Research of France (INRA) have informed the Secretary of collections of Maize with a total number of 500 accessions which are included in the Multilate...

• SPC Community

Centre for Pacific Crops and Trees (CePaCT) - SPC Community

• Senegal

l'Institut sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA) a informé le Secretaire du Traité que le l'inclussion dans le Système multilatéral des collections détenues par ISRA à Dakar et la collection de Mil à chandelle (Pennisetum), de mais (Zea) et de sorgh...

The Secretariat of the International Treaty on PGRFA has made available a mobile app for the Tenth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty that will greatly simplify participants’...

An article by Norwegian Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food, Hanne Maren Blafjelldal Genetic diversity is essential for all food production - both in Norway, Malawi and the rest of the...

Dr. Shakeel Bhatti, Secretary of the International Treaty on PGRFA Agriculture is not always the first thing people think of when they consider protecting biodiversity. Farming is too often viewed as...

• Morocco

INRA-Morocco notified the Secretary about the inclusion of the collections held by the its genebankintheSettat Regional Research Center and a Triticum spp. collection held by the INRA-Settat consisting of 195 durum wheat and 156 bread wheat accessions.

• United Republic of Tanzania

The Permanent Secretary of the Plant Genetic Resources Centre (PGRC) of Tanzania notified the Secretary of a list of PGRFA belonging to crops in theAnnex 1 of the International Treaty that are included in the Multilateral System of A...

• Estonia

The Ministry of Agriculture of Estonia has notified the Secretary of the International Treaty that the following plant genetic resources for food and agriculture listed in Annex I and maintained in Estonia have been included in the Multilateral System: ...

• Costa Rica

La Universidad de Costa Rica, a través del Centro de Investigaciones Agronómicas, ha notificado al Secretario de la inclusión en el Sistema Multilateral de recursos fitogeneticos para la alimentación y la agricultura enumerados en el anexo 1 y manten...

Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center

• Trinidad and Tobago

Årets sommar med tørke og store avlingsskadar viser tydeleg kor utfordrande matproduksjonen er, og gjev ein peikepinn på kor vanskeleg det er å tilpasse seg eit meir ekstremt og uforutsibart...

The Benefit-sharing Fund of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture has gathered for the first time the winners of the Fourth Call for Benefit-sharing Fund...

Vania Azevedo, Head of Genebank, ICRISAT At its 8th Session in 2019, the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture encouraged CGIAR Centers to...

International Livestock Research Institute

In Sub-Saharan Africa, around 80 percent of seeds used by smallholder farmers come from seed systems managed by farmers. Local seeds have adapted over centuries to local growing conditions and...

Norwegian Government has said it is committed to continue supporting Malawi in agriculture sector so that the country should end hunger. The assurance was made by Norwegian Deputy Minister of Agriculture...

Old and diverse crop varieties are packed full of nutrients and adapted to local environmental conditions. But since the 1900s, some 75% of plant genetic diversity has been lost with...

The University has officially launched seven disease-resistant varieties of cowpea to boost production and also ensure food security.        The newly improved varieties are climate-resilient and high yielding...