International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA)

The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture was adopted by the Thirty-First Session of the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on 3 November 2001.

The Treaty aims at:

• recognizing the enormous contribution of farmers to the diversity of crops that feed the world;
• - establishing a global system to provide farmers, plant breeders and scientists with access to plant genetic materials;
• - ensuring that recipients share benefits they derive from the use of these genetic materials with the countries where they have been originated.

Source(s): http://www.fao.org/plant-treaty/overview/en/