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Texts of the Treaty: Official versions

   The Treaty aims at:

  • recognizing the enormous contribution of farmers to the diversity of crops that feed the world;
  • establishing a global system to provide farmers, plant breeders and scientists with access to plant genetic materials;
  • ensuring that recipients share benefits they derive from the use of these genetic materials with the countries where they have been originated.

    •    Here you can download the official text of the Treaty in different languages. The documents are in PDF and HTML format.

    pdf International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
    Official Versions - PDF    		 ar zh en fr ru es
    html International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
    Official Versions - HTML    		 en fr es

       Please note that pursuant to Article 35 of the Treaty, only the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts of the Treaty are authentic.

       Here you can download other unofficial translation kindly offered by the European Commission.

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