PGRFA

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PGRFA➣Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
References inperiodicals archiveThe bill's objectives are the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits derived from their use
for sustainable agriculture and food security from major crops and fodder.Plant genetic resource law discussed(17.) Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) are "the genetic resources or material of actual or potential value for food and agriculture that are contained in plants." MOORE & TYMOWSKI, supra note 13, at 2.Cultivating farmers' rights: reconciling food security, indigenous agriculture, and TRIPSAre the plant genetic resources for food and agriculture concerned all those covered by the Multilateral System, or only those accessed from the Multilateral System?The FAO Multilateral System for plant genetic resources for food and agriculture: better than bilateralism?The European Commission and the Member States participated in the negotiations that resulted in a new International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, officially adopted at the FAO Conference on November 3, 2001 in Rome.GREEN LIGHT FOR EU TO SIGN INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCESCommissioner David Byrne has welcomed the decision of the EU's Council of Ministers that the European Union will sign the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. The Treaty aims to protect the world's most important agricultural plant species in order to safeguard global food security.EU to sign International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. (News Briefs)Muscat, Sept 23 (ONA) Sayyid Shihab bin Tariq al Said, H.M the Sultan's Advisor will sponsor tomorrow (Tuesday) at the Al Bustan Place Hotel the opening of The Fifth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. The agenda of the meeting includes approving the agenda and timetable, electing the secretary of the meeting, appointing the authorization papers committee, report of the chairman and secretary of the governing body, implementing the strategy for funding the treaty, the sustainable use of the plant genetic resources, the farmers rights, the cooperation among the bodies and other international organizations that have concluded agreements as per article No.5th Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources to be Opened TomorrowMuscat : The recently concluded ministerial meeting of the Near East, North Africa, Brazil, Indonesia, Italy, Norway and Spain stressed upon the importance of achieving world food security of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. The meeting also focused on the central role played by the international treaty and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations.Ministerial meeting calls for equitable food sharingDuring the session, the Cabinet also approved issuance of a federal draft law on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.Education is the right of every child: MohammedLightbourne (an in-house legal counsel with the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France) argues that the United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization's International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture can serve as a bridge between two conflicting stances regarding access, benefit-sharing, agricultural negotiations, and intellectual property rights in agriculture.Food security, biological diversity, and intellectual property rightsOn June 29, the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture went into effect to protect crop biodiversity.Treaty enacted to preserve crop biodiversityIn the run-up to the continuation of negotiations on revising the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, the French EU Presidency has held consultations which brought various areas of consensus to light.PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES: EU PREPARES COMMON POSITION FOR FAO INTERNATIONAL UNDERTAKING