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/