A new climate change tool will not only help farmers to prepare for the future, it may also spur implementation of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
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Plant Genetic Resources and Food Security book launched during FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture - 21 July 2011
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A new learning module for plant genetic resource practitioners who need to understand the legal and policy environment is launched today.
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Descriptors are the basis of major information platforms such as GENESYS and EURISCO, and also the FAO World Information and Early Warning System.
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A new Protocol on access and benefit sharing under the Convention on Biological Diversity was agreed at the last minute during marathon negotiations at COP 10 in Nagoya, Japan. Bioversity International broadly welcomes the new protocol.
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A module to help professionals who work in plant genetic resources understand the impact and the working of the International Treaty and use its standard material transfer agreement (SMTA) to enhance the transfer of genetic resources.
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A new study examines the exchange and use of plant genetic resources in Peru.
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Latest developments on access and benefit sharing as the October deadline for concluding negotiations at COP10 gets closer.
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On 16 October, 2006 - World Food Day - the eleven CGIAR Centres which hold ex situ collections of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) signed agreements
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Governments negotiating the Convention on Biological Diversity realized that the Convention was not appropriate, for example, for the existing ex situ collections of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture held around the world
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For thousands of years there were no international laws governing genetic resources. Farmers and plant breeders were free to exchange seeds and plant propagating material
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Regulations concerning access to genetic resources and the sharing of benefits associated with their use are of are of vital interest to the global community.
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The International Treaty for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture was adopted by FAO in 2001. Bioversity played an important role in the negotiation of the Treaty.
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Bioversity's work in Policy and Law is intended to create a legislative environment that enables and supports the use of genetic resources.
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