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Report on the First Project Portfolio of the International Treaty’s Benefit-sharing Fund now available online
13 April 2013
13 April 2013
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The Report on the First Round of the Project Cycle of the Benefit-sharing Fund, published by the Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in February 2013, is now available online. It...
Crop Genetic Resources as a Global Commons
31 December 2012
31 December 2012
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Routledge launches the book "Crop Genetic Resources as a Global Commons: Challenges in International Law and Governance", edited by Michael Halewood, Isabel López Noriega and Selim Louafi, as a part of series Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity.
The book addresses how the...
Briefing on policy and legal matters for genebank managers
12 December 2012
12 December 2012
The Secretariat of the International Treaty briefed twenty genebank managers of institutions that are signatories of agreements with the Governing Body under Article 15 of the International Treaty on relevant policy and legal matters on the occasion of a coordination...
Neglected crops need a rethink - can help world face the food security challenges of the future, says Graziano da Silva
10 December 2012
10 December 2012
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Córdoba (Spain) - Neglected crops that are currently underutilized by farmers can play an important role addressing the food and agriculture challenges of the future and should be reevaluated, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said today at the start...
The Kingdom of Swaziland has now submitted its instrument of ratification to the FAO and will raise to 128 the number of Contracting Parties to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture on 21 January 2013.
Swaziland...