Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Biodiversity for food and agriculture is among the Earth’s most important resources. Thousands of species and their genetic variability make up the web of life and are indispensable to adapt to new conditions, including climate change. The Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is committed to conserving biodiversity for food and agriculture and promotes its sustainable use for food security and human well-being and development worldwide, for current and future generations.

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Upcoming webinar on “Establishing and scaling up breeding programmes in challenging environments”

26/11/2024

Thursday, 5 December 2024 14:00-15:30 UTC+1 (Paris time).

This webinar aims to report the literature review and interviews carried out by a group composed of researchers from INRAE, Idele (France) and BOKU (Austria) to write a section on how to scale up breeding programmes in challengin...

Understanding Farmers’ Rights

25/11/2024

The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (International Treaty), in collaboration with the CGIAR Initiative on Genebanks and the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT), held a...

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Green businesses for biodiversity and climate action

21/11/2024

It’s the crack of dawn. Magnolia Ordoñez leaves in a small boat along with her husband - the captain- and her colleagues— all women. Their task: to find and collect pianguas, a type of saltwater clam, that lives buried within the roots of mangrove trees in the Pacific region of Colombia.

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