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Key decisions taken by 144 countries
Kigali, Rwanda, 3 November 2017 – It has been an exciting week at the Kigali Convention Center, with hundreds of delegates holding intense discussions late into the night in order to...
UNITED STATES ADDS 500,000 SAMPLES OF PLANT GENETIC MATERIAL INTO MULTILATERAL SYSTEM
03 November 2017
03 November 2017
International Treaty Multilateral System of Access & Benefit-sharing grows to 2 million
Kigali, Rwanda, 2 November 2017 – The United States announced today that they will be adding 500,000 samples of 15,000 varieties of plant genetic material...
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. ...
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
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...