The objectives of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture are the conservation and sustainable use of all plant genetic resources for food and agriculture and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of their use, in harmony with the Convention on Biological Diversity, for sustainable agriculture and food security.
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IYM Webinar “The Role of Sorghum and Millets Genetic Resources in Sustainable Agriculture”
On the occasion of the International Year of Millets 2023, the Secretariat of FAO’s International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is collaborating with the Crop Trust and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) organized an international panel of experts to highlight the importance of the genetic diversity of sorghum and millets for food security and nutrition