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FAMILY-OWNED SEED COMPANY PAYS INTO INTERNATIONAL BENEFIT-SHARING FUND
03 September 2020
03 September 2020
Payment for Use of Plant Material under the International Treaty
Rome, Italy, 31 August 2020 – Dutch family-owned vegetable seed company Bejo has paid into the International Treaty’s Benefit-sharing Fund, in...
Norway Contributes to International Treaty
29 June 2020
29 June 2020
The Role of Seeds in the Fight against Hunger
Rome, Italy, 26 June 2020 – The Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food announced its annual contribution of approximately 1 million Norwegian Kroners (approximately USD...
After disasters, emergency interventions mainly focus on saving lives and providing water, food and shelter. Protecting and rebuilding local seed reserves is often overlooked, even though traditional seeds are crucial for food and nutrition security. The good news is that...
Supporting projects in developing countries through the FAO International Treaty
ROME, Italy, 15 June 2020 – For the third consecutive year, the French seed sector, Groupement National Interprofessionnel des Semences et plants (
INCREASE – Intelligent Collections of Food Legumes Genetic Resources for European Agrofood Systems
11 June 2020
11 June 2020
Participatory research approach to characterise genetic resources in food legumes
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, 4 June 2020 – 28 international partners from 14 different countries are launching the new EU research project INCREASE with...