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From global seed stories to Treaty developments, we've got your monthly dose of #biodiversity news.
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Plant genetic resources play an important role in meeting the challenges of local, regional and global food security and nutrition, as they allow us to optimize and adapt crops according to our needs.
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In 2024, the International Plant Treaty celebrated 20 years of safeguarding agrobiodiversity and supporting farmers worldwide.
Part of #FAO80 and 80 years of building a better future together!
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Healthy people start with healthy plants 🌱
Through the International Plant Treaty, crop diversity supports nutritious diets, resilient food systems and a stronger #OneHealth approach.
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#WorldHealthDay #ItAllStartsWithTheSeed
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Every seed conserved through the International Plant Treaty represents potential food on our plates, reducing waste ensures this diversity is not lost, but used to its full potential.
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#ZeroWasteDay #ItAllStartsWithTheSeed
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2025 was a year of reflection. 2026 is a year of action.
Read the International Plant Treaty's Secretary, @kentnnadozie.bsky.social's full message for the year ahead 👇
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#ItAllStartsWithTheSeed #FoodSecurity #CropDiversity
Women farmers are everywhere, in fields, forests, markets and beyond.
They feed families, sustain communities, and strengthen our agrifood systems.
Learn more: fao.org/woman-farmer...
#IYWF2026 #ItAllStartsWiththeSeed
🍽️It's #SchoolMealsDay! 🎉
School meal programmes play an important role in improving children’s diet quality. Through the @planttreaty.bsky.social, countries work together to conserve and share crop diversity that supports healthy and nutritious diets.
#ItAllStartsWithTheSeed
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The Global Information System (GLIS) of the Plant Treaty connects crop data worldwide 🌱
From DOIs to data visualization, GLIS strengthens research, collaboration and innovation for the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources.
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The @planttreaty.bsky.social bridges our shared heritage and future connecting farmers, scientists & communities to ensure the seeds & knowledge feeding us today sustain us tomorrow.🌱
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From conserving crop diversity to feeding communities, women farmers sustain our food systems every day.
This Sunday, the International Plant Treaty joins the world in celebrating #InternationalWomensDay and the vital role of women in agriculture.
#ItAllStartsWithTheSeed
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@kentnnadozie.bsky.social, Secretary of the International Plant Treaty, highlights how the Benefit-sharing Fund supports farmers, institutions and genebanks to safeguard crop diversity for humanity.
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📰 Stay in the loop with the Treaty's headlines!
From global seed stories to Treaty developments, get your monthly dose of #biodiversity news.
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On #WorldPulsesDay, we celebrate beans, lentils, chickpeas & peas, crops that nourish people & soils.🫘
Through the International Plant Treaty, their genetic diversity is shared globally to support resilient crops and food security.
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Articles 5 and 6 of the International Plant Treaty provide guidance to countries regarding measures & activities to be undertaken to promote the conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA.
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🔔 Make sure to go check out the Toolbox for Sustainable Use of PGRFA!
An online database with technical & policy resources to help countries, researchers & farmers promote crop diversity, strengthen breeding, and supporting farming systems.
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@kentnnadozie.bsky.social, International Plant Treaty Secretary, met with the new International Seed Testing Association President Ernest L. Allen and delegation to discuss priorities and explore future collaboration in support of genebanks.
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At #GFFA2026 in Berlin, leaders reaffirmed support for the @planttreaty.bsky.social strengthening global action to conserve crop diversity, boost climate-resilient breeding & ensure fair benefit-sharing. 🌱🤝
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Watch Cultivating a Shared Future in 4 languages 👇
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See how global cooperation helps sustain our food systems.
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Without seeds, there would be no plants, no trees, no food for animals & no plant-based nutrition for human consumption.
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High in Ecuador’s Andes, Kichwa Indigenous women are guardians of seeds & keepers of secrets in ancestral chakras.
Their work reflects the spirit of the International Plant Treaty, protecting crop diversity for food security & climate resilience.
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Stronger partnerships mean a healthier planet! 🤝
By working together, we can protect #biodiversity & secure our future.
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From Marrakech’s world-class olive collection to global research networks, our partnership with the International Olive Council & Morocco protects olive genetic diversity & strengthens food system resilience. 🌿🍈
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Since 2023, the Plant Treaty has collaborated with CIHEAM Zaragoza on the Master in Plant Genetics, Genomics & Breeding.
🗓️ 12 & 15 January, the ITPGRFA Secretariat will deliver masterclasses on the Treaty & Farmers’ Rights.
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#FoodSecurity starts with seeds. The International Plant Treaty works to conserve and share the world's crop diversity for our future.
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Women agripreneurs help feed the world.
They are resilient, innovative and resourceful.
With equal access to resources, they can continue to thrive and contribute to more sustainable agrifood systems.
#ItAllStartsWithTheSeed #ForAllWomenAndGirls
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From seeds to solutions.
As we welcome the new year, we look ahead with renewed purpose, advancing cooperation and plant genetic resources, and supporting farmers worldwide for a more resilient food future.
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#NewYear #ItAllStartsWithTheSeed
As the year comes to a close, we reflect on a year of strengthening cooperation to protect crop diversity and support food security worldwide.
Thank you to all our partners and farmers working with us to safeguard seeds for the future.
#ItAllStartsWithTheSeed #FoodSecurity
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In 2025, the Plant Treaty advanced global cooperation on crop diversity from 28 Benefit-sharing Fund projects in 45 countries to GB-11 in Lima, the first GB held in Latin America, with 16 resolutions adopted.
Thanks to our global community. ✨
Onward to 2026! #ItAllStartsWithTheSeed #FoodSecurity
Crop diversity underpins global food security.
Through the @planttreaty.bsky.social's Multilateral System, countries share access to the plant genetic resources that feed the world. 🌱
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