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...

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...

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 –

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...