Strengthening Crop Conservation and Exchange  Kigali, Rwanda, 30 October 2017 – Delegates from around the world gathered in Kigali for the opening of the Seventh Session of the Governing Body of...

Kigali, Rwanda, 28 October 2017 – Today, the FAO International Plant Treaty held a curtain raiser event in advance of its bi-annual global meeting of 144 Member Countries, to talk about how synthetic biology, a package of new...

Kigali, Rwanda, 28 October 2017 – For the first time in its history, the Governing Body comprising representatives of 144 member countries of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture will convene in...

28-29 September, ROME – The Heads of eight bio-diversity-related Conventions known as the Liaison Group of Biodiversity-related Conventions (BLG) met at FAO Headquarters to discuss ways to join forces in support of global biodiversity and sustainable development agendas....

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). The Workshop provided African...