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For the first time in
history, over 1.02
billion people do nothave enough to eat.
Thats one sixth of
humanity (2008).
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There are around one
billion hungry people in
the world.
642M- Asia and the Pacific
265M-Sub-Saharan Africa53M-Latin America and
Carribean
42M-Near East and North Africa
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The number of undernourished
people in the world increased by75 million in 2007 and 40 million
in 2008, largely due to higher food
prices.
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Plant genetic resources- consist of genotypes
or population of land races, advanced
cultivars, genetic stocks, wild and weedy
species which are maintained in the form of
seeds, plants, tissues etc.
Multilateral System- system involving more
than two parties or countries.
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1983- Commission on Genetic Resources for Food andAgriculture was established, and the voluntaryInternational Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources
was adopted. 1996- adoption of the Global Plan of Action at the
Leipzig International Technical Conference on PlantGenetic Resources.
2001- culmination of all these works with the historicadoption of the legally binding International Treaty onPlant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
29 June 2004- the Treaty entered into force.
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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 geneticmaterials;
ensuring that recipients share benefits they derive
from the use of these genetic materials with the
countries where they have been originated.
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Article 26 -ratification, acceptance or approvalbythe Members and non-Members of FAO.
Article 27-open for accession by all Members of
FAO and any States that are not Members of FAObut are Members of the United Nations, or any ofits specialized agencies or of the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency.
The current number of Contracting Parties as wellas the type of instrument used and the date canbe consulted in the Legal Office of FAO.
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Parties: 127
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Source: http://www.fao.org/Legal/treaties/033s-e.htm
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This Treaty relates to plant genetic resourcesfor food and agriculture. (Annex 1)
Each Contracting Party shall ensure the
conformity of its laws, regulations and
procedures with its obligations as provided in
this Treaty.
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5.1- ... promote an integrated approach to theexploration, conservation and sustainable use of
plant genetic resources for food and agriculture.
5.2- ... take steps to minimize or, if possible,
eliminate threats to plant genetic resources for
food and agriculture.
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Promote in situ conservation of wild crop
relatives and wild plants for food production,
including in protected areas.
Survey and inventory plant genetic resources
for food and agriculture...
Cooperate to promote the development of an
efficient and sustainable system of ex situ
conservation..
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pursuing fair agricultural policies...
strengthening research which enhances and
conserves biological diversity...
promoting plant breeding efforts with the
participation of farmers..
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The protection of traditional knowledge
relevant to plant genetic resources for food
and agriculture;
The right to equitably participate in sharing
benefits arising from the utilization of plant
genetic resources for food and agriculture;
and
The right to participate in making decisions...
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..to access and benefit-sharing is its
declaration that 64 of our most important
crops..
..countries agree to make their genetic
diversity and related information about the
crops stored in their gene banks available to
all..
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this gives scientific institutions and private sector
plant breeders the opportunity to work with, and
potentially to improve, the materials stored in
gene banks or even crops growing in fields. ..sets up opportunities for developed countries
with technical know-how to use their laboratories
to build on what the farmers in developingcountries have accomplished in their fields.
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