| International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture | |
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| Signed | 2001 |
| Location | Rome[1] |
| Effective | 29 June 2004 |
| Parties | 151 contracting parties (150 states, 1 organization) as of 1 February 2024 |
| Depositary | Secretary-General of the United Nations |
| Languages | Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish |
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| Theoretical distinctions |
| Human rights |
| Rights by beneficiary |
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The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture[2] (also known as ITPGRFA, International Seed Treaty or Plant Treaty[3]) is a comprehensive international agreement in harmony with the Convention on Biological Diversity, which aims at guaranteeing food security through the conservation, exchange and sustainable use of the world's plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA), the fair and equitable benefit sharing arising from its use, as well as the recognition of farmers' rights. It was signed in 2001 in Madrid, and entered into force on 29 June 2004.
- ^ "UN treaties repository".
- ^ "International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
- ^ "Golay C. (2017), Research Brief: The Right to Seeds and Intellectual Property Rights" (PDF).