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International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture - Second edition

Year of publication 2017

Pages 68 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Category Technical book

ISBN 978-92-5-109847-9

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is an FAO international instrument that promotes the conservation and sustainable use of agricultural biological diversity. Through this legally binding treaty, Member Countries can easily exchange genetic material through facilitated access to the largest global pool of genetic diversity for food security, sustainable agriculture and climate change adaptation. The Treaty ensures that farmers, plant breeders and scienti sts have access to plant genetic resources and share the benefits, including financial resources, derived from conservation, research and breeding of those materials.

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