Back هيئة الموارد الوراثية للأغذية والزراعة Arabic Commission des ressources génétiques pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture French Kọmitii na-ahụ maka ihe ndị e ji akụrụngwa maka nri na ọrụ ugbo IG Commissione per le risorse genetiche per il cibo e l'agricoltura Italian
| Formation | 1983 |
|---|---|
| Purpose | Addresses issues specifically related to the management of biodiversity of relevance to food and agriculture |
| Headquarters | Rome, Italy |
Membership | 179 |
Secretary | Irene Hoffmann[1] |
Parent organization | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| Website | Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture |
Formerly called | Commission on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture |
The Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is an intergovernmental body that addresses issues specifically related to the management of biodiversity of relevance to food and agriculture.[2] It was established in 1983 as the Commission on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.[3][4] In 1995, the mandate of the Commission was extended to cover all components of biodiversity for food and agriculture and its name was changed to its current version.[5] Its membership comprises 179 countries and the European Union.
The Commission’s statutes charge it with taking "a coordinating role and ... deal[ing] with policy, sectoral and cross-sectoral matters related to the conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources of relevance to food and agriculture".[6] Its mission is to "strive to halt the loss of genetic resources for food and agriculture, and to ensure world food security and sustainable development by promoting their conservation and sustainable use, including exchange, access and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from their use".[7]
The Commission’s activities include overseeing global assessments of biodiversity and genetic resources used in the various sectors of food and agriculture and developing international policy instruments related to the management of these resources.[2]
- ^ "The Secretary". Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ^ a b Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Sustainable Goals Knowledge Platform . Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ "History". Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ Esquinas-Alcázar, J., Hilmi, A. & López Noriega, I. 2013. A brief history of the negotiations on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. In M. Halewood, I. López Noriega & S. Louafi, eds. Crop genetic resources as global commons. Challenges in international law and governance. Abingdon, UK, Routledge.
- ^ Resolution 3/95. In Report of the Conference of FAO. Twenty-eighth Session. Rome, 20−31 October 1995. Rome: FAO. 1995
- ^ Statutes of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Retrieved 26 July 2019
- ^ Vision, Mission Archived 2019-08-24 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 26 July 2019.