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PARTNERING TO SAFEGUARD BIODIVERSITY
03 November 2017
03 November 2017
Fourth Call for Benefit-sharing Fund Projects
Kigali, Rwanda, 3 November 2017 – For the fourth time since 2009, millions of dollars will be invested in developing country projects to help safeguard agricultural biodiversity for future food security. ...
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French Government Reiterates Support for FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
KIGALI, Rwanda, 2 November 2017 –
SHARING KNOW-HOW THROUGH A GLOBAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
01 November 2017
01 November 2017
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Over 185 000 DOIs registered in first three weeks
Kigali, Rwanda, 31 October 2017 – The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture has developed a Global Information System (GLIS) to provide facilitated access to...
GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY CONFERENCE CONVENES IN AFRICA
31 October 2017
31 October 2017
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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...
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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...