The first cycle of Treaty Benefit-sharing Fund Projects Teams farmers with scientists and fields with labs

The first cycle of Treaty Benefit-sharing Fund Projects Teams farmers with scientists and fields with labs

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Year of publication 2009

Pages 2p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

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Synopsis (short abstract) Visit the ITPGRFA internet sitet . More than 350 groups with ideas about ways to conserve the world’s crop genetic diversity applied for the first cycle of grants made by the Benefit-sharing Fund, with winners announced 31 May 2009 at the Third Session of the Treaty Governing Body (GB3) in Tunis.

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