International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Plant Treaty
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Signed	2001
Location	Rome
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

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).

[1] "UN treaties repository".

[2] "International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

[3] "Golay C. (2017), Research Brief: The Right to Seeds and Intellectual Property Rights" (PDF).

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