AGREEMENT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GLOBAL CROP DIVERSITY TRUSTAgreement for the Establishment of the Global Crop Diversity Trust • April 21st, 2006
Contract Type FiledApril 21st, 2006WHEREAS one hundred and fifty countries meeting at the International Technical Conference on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in Leipzig in June 1996 adopted the Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the “Global Plan of Action”), which provides an internationally agreed framework for the conservation, exploration, collection, characterization, evaluation and documentation of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, one of the elements of which is the development and support of a rational, efficient and sustainable system of plant genetic resources collections around the world;