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In this short video the Secretary of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Dr Shakeel Bhatti talks about the Treaty's Benefit-sharing Fund and how it helps farmers on the ground with a wide range of...
Training module on conservation and sustainable use under the International Treaty now available online
23 January 2012
23 January 2012
The Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture has just published an educational module on conservation and sustainable use as part of a series of training materials for the implementation of the Treaty.
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The International Treaty launches a website with one stop-access for plant genetic resources policy
18 January 2012
18 January 2012
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture has launched a new website that offers a single one-stop-access point to plant genetic resources information by listing meeting documents, publications, projects, news, videos, funding information and technical support...
Briefing on policy and legal matters for genebank managers
21 November 2011
21 November 2011
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...
FAO says traditional crops key to facing climate change
14 November 2011
14 November 2011
Rome – Traditional food crops and other plant varieties worldwide are in urgent need of protection from climate change and other environmental stresses, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today, as it observed the tenth anniversary of the...