Full text of the FAO International Treaty establishing a Multilateral System for access and benefit-sharing of plant genetic resources, Farmers’ Rights, governance and implementation measures.
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Implementing the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) in light of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP)
Briefing paper showing how UNDROP strengthens and clarifies Farmers’ Rights under the ITPGRFA, affirms human-rights primacy over conflicting laws, and defines State and UN agency obligations for seed policy and governance.
The Global Plan of Action of the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: what happened in Rome
In our previous post we wrote that EC-LLD was heading to the FAO in Rome for the revision of the Global Plan of Action (GPA) for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture - the main international framework guiding how countries conserve and use cultivated...
The Global Plan of Action for seeds is being revised at the FAO – and we’re in Rome
From 8 to 10 July, EC-LLD is at FAO in Rome as the international Global Plan of Action for plant genetic resources is revised. Here is what it is, what has changed, and why our continued engagement matters.
LiveSeeding event at the FAO Conference in Lima 24-11-2025
If you are attending the FAO’s Conference in Lima, you are invited this side event hosted by LiveSeeding and Rete Semi Rurali.
New Agroecology Digest September 2025
In this post we share the latest Agroecology Digest, published by the FAO’s Agroecology Knowledge Hub.
CGRFA-20: Session Outcomes
We share a summary of the outcomes from the 20th Regular Session of the FAO’s Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
New Agroecology Digest, June 2025
The June 2025 issue of the Agrecology FAO Agroecology Knowledge Hub’s journal has been published. This month’s issue explores, among other topics, the urgent need to transition food systems away from fossil fuels.
EC-LLD! – Report from the FAO Working Group Session on PGRFA – Review of the Global Plan of Action
This week, the European Coordination Let’s Liberate Diversity (ECLLD) participated as an observer in the FAO Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. The session marks an important step in the revision of the Global Plan of Action (GPA), a...
FAO resources on millets
Millets are resilient plants: they can grow on arid land with minimal inputs in changing climates. All resources created during IYM2023 are now available online
