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INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE: FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture provides an international legal framework that will be a key element in ensuring food security, both now and in the future.1 It aims at conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. It recognizes and protects the experience and knowledge gained over many generations that have made possible the development and conservation of thousands of agricultural crop varieties, which would have otherwise been lost. However, despite the efforts of farmers, there has been a dramatic reduction of biodiversity. Though there were earlier around 10,000 ...
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