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LONGYEARBYEN, Norway, Feb 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A cavernous bunker on a remote island above the Arctic Circle, where polar bears roam, holds the key to 12,000 years of agriculture but also to food supplies for future generations with...
Los dividendos por compartir semillas se hacen esperar
26 February 2018
26 February 2018
La protección de los derechos de los agricultores y la redistribución de los beneficios son retos pendientes en el sistema internacional que regula el intercambio de material genético agrícola
La que probablemente sea la copia de seguridad más importante del mundo...
An insurance policy for the world’s crops
22 February 2018
22 February 2018
Before 2001, developing a new type of wheat or rice would mean making many individual requests to other countries asking for their seeds and other genetic material. Now, the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture...
African experts discuss how to improve plant genetic resources documentation through the Global Information System
21 December 2017
21 December 2017
Experts from 18 African countries met in Cape Town, South Africa, and discussed the way in which they can improve the documentation of plant genetic resources and information exchange through standards, tools and services of the Global Information System...
Fourth Call for Proposals under the Benefit-sharing Fund Opens
15 December 2017
15 December 2017
Rome, Italy, 15 December 2017 – The Call for Proposals under the fourth cycle of projects to be funded through the Benefit-sharing Fund of the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is now...