International plant gene pool becomes operational
FAO Newsroom – 20 October 2007
ROME, ITALY: A new multilateral system for the fair and equitable sharing of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture has become operational, FAO announced today. Over the past seven months, the system has accelerated the exchange of genetic material, with more than 90 000 transfers of plant genetic material within the system. The Multilateral System is part of the legally-binding International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture that entered into force in 2004 and has been ratified by 115 countries. Through the International Treaty, countries have agreed to make their genetic diversity and related information about the crops stored in their gene banks available to all who comply with the standardized access and benefit-sharing agreements. Read the article…
