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The Sultanate of Oman will host a Ministerial Conference on the International Treaty in September
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17 June 2013- The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Dr Fuad bin Jaafar al Sajwani announced today that the Sultanate of Oman will organize a “Ministerial Conference on uses of Water for agricultural purposes and Food Crops and Food Security to Address Climate Change and Drought through the International Treaty” on 21 September 2013, just before the opening of the Fifth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty. |
Oman will host the Fifth Session of the Governing Body in September 2013
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The Government of the Sultanate of Oman will host the Fifth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in Muscat from 24 to 28 September 2013 at the premises of the Al Bustan Palace Hotel. The meeting will be preceded by two days of regional consultations on Sunday 22 and Monday 23 September. |
Report on the First Project Portfolio of the International Treaty’s Benefit-sharing Fund now available online
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The Report on the First Round of the Project Cycle of the Benefit-sharing Fund, published by the Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in February 2013, is now available online. It contains financial and technical information related to the overall operation of the first project portfolio of the Benefit-sharing Fund, provides an overview of its results and presents a number of lessons learned and recommendations drawn from the execution ... |
Crop Genetic Resources as a Global Commons
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Routledge launches the book "Crop Genetic Resources as a Global Commons: Challenges in International Law and Governance", edited by Michael Halewood, Isabel López Noriega and Selim Louafi, as a part of series Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity. |
Briefing on policy and legal matters for genebank managers
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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 meeting organized in Rome. |
Neglected crops need a rethink - can help world face the food security challenges of the future, says Graziano da Silva
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10 December 2012, Córdoba (Spain) - Neglected crops that are currently underutilized by farmers can play an important role addressing the food and agriculture challenges of the future and should be reevaluated, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said today at the start of an international seminar taking place in this southern Spanish city. |
Swaziland Becomes the 128th Contracting Party to the International Treaty on PGRFA
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The Kingdom of Swaziland has now submitted its instrument of ratification to the FAO and will raise to 128 the number of Contracting Parties to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture on 21 January 2013. Swaziland signed the Treaty on 10 June 2002 and it had pending the deposit of the instrument of ratification with the Director-General of FAO in order to become a Contracting Party. |
More than 70 experts from Central America discuss on climate change and food crops
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More than 70 experts and scientists have gathered this week in Guatemala City to discuss on climate change and its impact on ten important food crops in the Mesoamerican region and on eventual coordination strategies for the development and conservation of the genetic diversity of these crops. |
Side event on the progress on the implementation of the ITPGRFA and the new CGIAR Consortium
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The event was opened by Ms Kakoli Ghosh, Officer of Plant Production and Protection Division of FAO (AGP). |
EU contributes €5 million to help farmers maintain crop diversity
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Support under plant genetics treaty fund announced during Rio+20 21 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro - The European Union is contributing €5 million euros (6.5 million dollars) towards the Benefit-sharing Fund of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, FAO announced today, at a high-level ministerial meeting on the plant treaty at the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. |
