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Five countries protecting and preserving food biodiversity for resilient agri-food systems
Humans rely on a shockingly low number of plants for the majority of our daily calories. In fact, of the thousands of fruit and vegetable species cultivated for...
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Video messages from International Treaty Stakeholders
20 May 2021, Rome, Italy –The Secretariat of the
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Unique Collection of Best Practices from Around the World
Rome, Italy, 4 May 2021 – The International Treaty has launched...
Rediscovering ancient crop varieties
27 April 2021
27 April 2021
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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 big implications for food security.
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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 collected as...