This page links to educational and training materials on the International Treaty. It facilitates the dissemination of resources for trainers, students, self-learners and other interested individuals and institutions alike.

The main audiences of these training resources include stakeholder groups of the International Treaty such as policy makers and their staff, civil servants, gene bank staff, plant breeders, farmers’ organizations and other civil society organizations, as well as the media and academia.

The portal thereby serves to strengthen capacities and knowledge on the International Treaty among all its stakeholders and increases information and awareness on the operation and importance of the International Treaty among the general public.

All materials are digitized and offered free of charge for educational and other non-commercial purposes.

	Module 1: Introduction to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture   For the first time educational materials on the International Treaty are produced under the coordination of its Secretariat, through a participatory process involving international experts and stakeholders from all regions. Module 1 provides an up-to-date introduction to the main components of the International Treaty and related instruments and concepts in an easily understandable language to newcomers to the policy area of agricultural biodiversity. It was launched on the occasion of the Fourth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty (March 2011).
	Module 2: Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty. This second educational module enters into detail about the International Treaty’s provisions related to the conservation and sustainable use of crop diversity. It provides technical background related to conservation and sustainable use and illustrates various examples of implementation at international, regional, national and local levels. Explaining technical aspects within the legal framework for crop diversity management, the module targets both political and scientific stakeholders, as well as other stakeholders in the agriculture sector. It was published in December 2011.
	Explanatory Guide to the International Treaty (IUCN)    The objective of this guide is to promote greater understanding of the International Treaty’s text and its possible implications. It was produced by the Environmental Law Centre of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and Bioversity International and published in 2005.
	The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture - Learning Module (Bioversity International)    The aim of this learning module produced by Bioversity International is to develop knowledge and skills to implement the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing of the International Treaty and to use its Standard Material Transfer Agreement (SMTA).
	Plant Genetic Resources and Food Security. Stakeholder Perspectives on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture    Plant Genetic Resources and Food Security explains clearly the different interests and views at stake between all players in the global food chain. It touches upon many issues such as international food governance and policy, economic aspects of food and seed trade, conservation and sustainable use of food and agricultural biodiversity, hunger alleviation, ecological concerns, consumers' protection, fairness and equity between nations and generations, plant breeding techniques and socio-economic benefits related to food local economies.