Real yield improvements in rice and wheat agriculture, development of  resilient  crop varieties, extensive conservation of such varieties on-farm and in local seed banks – these are some of the outcomes of the Seeds for life – project in northern...

A new statistics and spatial tool to support in situ conservation of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture called 'Complementa' has been developed and presented for the first time to plant breeders and researches during a regional workshop organized ...

More than 30 ministers, high-level representatives and members of the High-Level Task Force of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture met today at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) under the chairmanship of H.E. Fuad...

The Diversity Seek Initiative is consolidating its governance mechanism after the recent election of its steering committee, which will craft the major components of a programme of work to sustain global efforts on plant genomics. DivSeek is a community-driven initiative to...

The Benefit-sharing Fund of the International Treaty has helped more than 440 local Peruvian potato producers conserve and manage their native potato varieties through the establishment of seed orchards in 23 communities other activities, including the promotion of 28 commercial...