14/03/2011

125 project proposals filled with ideas for setting up strategies or action plans, or for organizing on-the-ground activities – all with the overall goal of helping farmers adapt to climate change and improving food security through the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources – were received by the Secretariat for the second round of the Treaty Benefit-sharing Fund.   Universities, NGOs, international and national research centers, farmer’s associations and other organizations from around the world interested in improving conservation of our food crops prepared the proposals. 

A group of international experts has been given the responsibility by the Bureau to appraise the proposals and find those best technical merit projects that should be approved for funding.