 IN FOCUS: Case Study of Samoa
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For Samoa and for many nations, the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGR) is no mere technical agreement on crop diversity. By seeking global consensus on the ways and means of maintaining open access to 64 of the world's most important food crops, the Treaty could be key to the nation's very existence.
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SIDE EVENTS
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MEDIA CONTACTS
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 PRESS RELEASE 1 |
First Fruits of Plant Gene Pact
Delegates from 120 nations in Tunis to share benefits of treaty on food plant genes
June 1 2009, Rome/Tunis - For the first time, farmers in poor countries are to be compensated under a binding international treaty for conserving and propagating crop varieties that could prove to be the saviour of global food security over the coming decades.
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| Reward for conserving crops |
11 projects announced in Tunis to receive grants from treaty on food plant genes
June 2 2009, Rome/Tunis Eleven developing countries that conserve food seeds and other genetic material from major crops will receive more than $500 000 to support their efforts according to an announcement made today in Tunis at a high-level meeting of the governing body of the International Treaty for Plant Genetic Resources in Food and Agriculture.
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| VIDEO 2009 |
 | Shakeel Bhatti talks about the aims of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources and its importance in promoting world crop diversity through the open and free exchange of plant genetic material. The page also provides the link to the video produced for the Third Session of the Governing Body.
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| RADIO Interview |
 | 2 years after the creation and activation of the Multilateral system, the important announcement arrives: the first distribution of benefits is becoming a reality.
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| PHOTO GALLERY 2009 |
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