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Treaty Holds Regional Workshops for BSF Project Applicants
09 December 2014
09 December 2014
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) organized a series of special Regional Workshops for those preparing to submit full proposals for projects to be funded by the 3rd cycle of the Treaty’s Benefit-Sharing Fund...
Iraq Joins the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
27 November 2014
27 November 2014
The Republic of Iraq has acceded to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture on 29 September 2014, becoming the Treaty’s 133rd Contracting Party as of 27 November 2014.
"We are very happy to welcome Iraq to...
4th High-Level Round Table on International Plant Treaty Convenes During 69th United Nations General Assembly
24 September 2014
24 September 2014
The Fourth High-Level Ministerial Round Table on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture was convened at the United Nations under the patronage of the Sultanate of Oman and co-hosted by Norway and Austria. Under the...
Marshall Islands Ratifies the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
15 September 2014
15 September 2014
Marshall Islands has deposited the instrument of ratification to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and will become a contracting Party on 13 October 2014, bringing the total number of Contracting Parties to 132.
The country...
Japan includes almost 18,000 crop and forage accessions into the Multilateral System with high-value associated data
01 August 2014
01 August 2014
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan has notified the International Treaty about the inclusion of almost 18000 accessions of crop and forages into the Treaty’s Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-Sharing (MLS) and the publication of its...