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| FARMERS' RIGHTS IN
ITPGRFA: On the International Treaty The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) was adopted at the Thirty-first Session of the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome 3 November 2001. It entered into force 29 June 2004, and is the first legally binding agreement exclusively pertaining to the management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. Its objectives are the conservation and sustainable use of these resources, and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from their use – in harmony with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) – for sustainable agriculture and food security. The most important benefit is that of access to these vital resources for food and agriculture. The core of the International Treaty is a Multilateral System of Access and Benefit Sharing concerning 35 food crops and 29 forage plants that are under the management and control of the Contracting Parties and in the public domain. Pages in this sub-section:  FARMERS' RIGHTS IN ITPGRFA On the International
Treaty Central
provisions on Farmers' Rights Follow-up in the Governing Body of the
Treaty The Benefit-Sharing
Fund of the International Treaty New resolution on Farmers' Rights
under the International Treaty Little progress on sustainable
use at the Third Session of the Plant Treaty Global Consultations on Farmers'
Rights The Fourth Session of
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Page last updated 31 January 2011