MUSCAT, OMAN — The government of Norway today pledged US $23.7 million to conserve and sustainably manage the world’s most important food crops, citing the critical need for crop diversity at a time when populations are soaring and climate...

Muscat, Oman – Ministers and high-level delegates from the Near East and North Africa Region met in Muscat today and adopted the Muscat Ministerial Declaration on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. The Muscat Ministerial Declaration reflects...

Panama City, Panama – The Ministers of the Agricultural Council of Central America (CAC) announced their unanimous support for a Strategic Action Plan for Plant Genetic Resources in Mesoamerica and declared their intention to incorporate the Plan into their national...

The Republic of Serbia has ratified the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and has become a Contracting Party as of 2 July 2013, bringing the total number of Contracting Parties to 129. “We welcome the Republic...

17 June 2013- The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Dr Fuad bin Jaafar al Sajwani announced today that the Sultanate of Oman will organize a “Ministerial Conference on uses of Water for agricultural purposes and Food Crops and Food Security...