Global South groups oppose ITPGRFA expansion as seed sovereignty and digital biopiracy fears grow; rising farmer protests ...

Explore the key provisions, concerns, and implications of the draft Seeds Bill aimed at reforming India's seed regulatory ...

Scientists and technicians complete the objective of protecting seeds threatened by the war in a cold storage facility at an ...

Humanity is losing the genetic diversity that sustains life on Earth at a pace that should alarm every nation. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, about 75% of the world’s crop ...

Without GMO-free seeds, a GMO-free agricultural and food industry is not possible. Yet there has been little discussion of ...

A new multilateral treaty which India is preparing to sign poses a catastrophic threat to 150 million Indian farmers ...

Crop scientists at the UK Vegetable Genebank have taken delivery of a golden parcel of heritage seedsA unique 'seed relay' that has travelled 170 ...

The meeting had entered a crucial phase after the chair of ITPGRFA proposed a compromise document where it wanted expansion ...

After releasing two gene-edited rice varieties in May this year, scientists are now focusing on developing GE varieties of ...

Alliance urges Global South to resist seed treaty changes undermining farmer rights. Concerns over ITPGRFA amendments and DSI exploitation.

A last-minute compromise by Swiss official Alwin Kopse, chair of the treaty’s governing body, was rejected in plenary, ...