Seventh Session of the Governing Body - News
Exclusive interview on the ITPGRFA The Interview was held in Rwanda Broadcasting Agency Studios with Dr KENT NNADOZIE on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and agriculture. |
Rwanda hosts global conference on plant genetic resources - CNBC Africa With over 815 million facing undernourishment globally, policy makers have moved to address the matter by safeguarding plant species and genetic diversity that are so crucial to feed a growing world population.. |
Africa pushes for gains on genetic materials African nations are pushing for a review of an access and benefit sharing framework for exploration of genetic materials obtained from farmers in developing countries.. |
$10m project launched to support smallholder farmers The fourth round of the global benefits sharing fund for crops, which will support smallholder farmers to access seeds to adapt to climate change and environmental stresses, has been launched in Kigali.. |
EDITORIAL: Poor post-harvest handling cause for food loss The 7th Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) has attracted delegates from 144 countries. The item on the agenda is food.. |
No room for food loss in a world struggling to feed growing population – experts About one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year — approximately 1.3 billion tonnes — gets lost or wasted.. |
Experts call for special interventions to meet world food demand As the World population continues to grow and disasters continue to damage crop production, something special need to be done to be able to satisfy food demand in the future; the Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI), Dr. Gérardine Mukeshimana has said.. |
Impuguke ziteraniye i Kigali ziga ahazava ibizatunga miliyari 10 z’abazaba batuye isi mu 2050 Minisitiri w’Ubuhinzi n’Ubworozi, Dr Mukeshimana Gérardine, yavuze ko abatuye Isi bakomeza kwiyongera ndetse hakaba hari n’ibiza bikomeje kwangiza umusaruro, akabona ko hakwiye kugira igikorwa kugira ngo ubwo bwiyongere buzahure n’ibiribwa bibatunga.. |
The Minister for Agriculture and Animal Resources Geraldine Mukeshimana has announced that Rwanda is committed to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and to safeguard farmers’ rights to ensure food security in the country.. |
Africa called on to embrace plant genetic varieties to boost food security KIGALI, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- African economies should take the lead in embracing crop genetic varieties in a bid to enhance food security and sustainable agriculture, experts said Wednesday.. |
World delegates meet in Kigali to discuss plant genetic resources Representatives from 144 countries are in Rwanda attending the 7th Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA).. |
Experts urge conservation of plant genetics resources to end hunger KIGALI, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Agriculture experts on Monday called on global economies to conserve and appropriately use food plant genetic varieties in order to end famine, hunger and malnutrition.. |
Agriculture experts seek to develop drought- and disease-resistant crops KIGALI, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Developing drought- and disease-resistant crops is vital amid concerns of growing effects of climate change on food security on the African continent, agriculture experts said in Kigali on Monday.. |
Experts devise ways to develop drought, disease-resilient crops As climate change and disease continue to affect crops worldwide and threaten food security, experts are meeting in Kigali at a crop development meeting proposing solutions to these threats through resilient varieties.. |
30 October 2017, Rome/Kigali --- The Seventh Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture – the global policy forum overseeing the International Treaty.. |
Africa called on to embrace plant genetic varieties to boost food security KIGALI, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- African economies should take the lead in embracing crop genetic varieties in a bid to enhance food security and sustainable agriculture, experts said Wednesday.. |
Kigali to host key meet on sustainable agriculture RATIN, July 07, 2017 – Rwanda will host a major international conference on plant genetic resources from October 30 to November 3, 2017. Participants will mainly be drawn from countries that are signatories to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture… |
U Rwanda ruzakira inama y’ibihugu 144 byiyemeje guhererekanya imbuto z’ibimera Kigali Today, Sept 21, 2017 – Abaminisitiri b’ubuhinzi b’ibihugu 144 bitandukanye bazateranira i Kigali mu kwezi k’Ukwakira n’Ugushyingo 2017, aho bazasuzumira amasezerano yo guhanahana imbuto z’ibimera. Ni ubwa mbere Afurika izaba yakiriye iyo nama isuzuma amasezerano mu gutubura no guhanahana imbuto z’ubuhinzi,iyo nama ikazaba ihuje ibihugu byayashyizeho umukono,ku nshuro ya karindwi… |
African nations adopt a common position on the International Plant Treaty September 20, 2017, Kigali: Delegates from the African Union Commission convened in Rwanda for a two-day Regional Workshop on the Implementation of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA)...; |