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Crop Diversification in a Changing World - Conference
29 November 2016
29 November 2016
The European Association for Research on Plant Breeding (EUCARPIA), Genetic Resources Section, in association with the European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources (ECPGR) has announced the organization of the event “Crop Diversification in a Changing World. Mobilizing the green...
Bolivia joins the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
21 October 2016
21 October 2016
The Plurinational State of Bolivia, in the exercise of its sovereign rights, has deposited the instrument of accession to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) and will become a Contracting Party on 4 December...
Costa Rica organizes the First National Meeting on Farmers’ Rights
15 September 2016
15 September 2016
Costa Rica will organize, with the technical support of the Joint Capacity Building Programme on Farmers’ Rights of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (International Treaty), the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) and other...
New Treaty’s website launched
13 September 2016
13 September 2016
12 September 2016.- As of today users visiting www.planttreaty.org will be redirected to the new website of the Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture at http://www.fao.org/plant-treaty
The new website presents...
Spreading the benefits of agricultural biodiversity in a drought-hit region of northern India.
05 September 2016
05 September 2016
Sharing the benefits of agricultural biodiversity can sometimes mean bringing back or introducing new crop varieties in diversity-poor regions to help farmers improve food security and cope with the effects of climate change.
The International Treaty for Plant Genetic Resources’ benefit-sharing...