Secretary @kentnnadozie.bsky.social represented the International Plant Treaty at the Liaison Group of Biodiversity-related Conventions meeting at @fao.org HQ, strengthening cooperation to advance the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
📰 bit.ly/3OPb1q8
@unbiodiversity.bsky.social
With seeds from a project supported by the Plant Treaty’s Benefit-sharing Fund, Pudi is growing millets again, a nutritious, climate-resilient crop once nearly lost in her community.
On #InternationalWomensDay, we celebrate the women safeguarding the seeds that feed the world.
@fao.org
Articles 5 and 6 of the International Treaty provide guidance to countries regarding measures & activities to be undertaken to promote the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA).
Read more here ➡️ bit.ly/4lccFyb
@fao.org @seedfed.bsky.social
Through the Treaty’s Benefit-sharing Fund, women farmers & researchers are safeguarding biodiversity, preserving heritage & strengthening resilient agrifood systems.
Ahead of #InternationalWomensDay and during the #IYWF2026, we celebrate their impact.
Read more here ➡️ bit.ly/4aOlrig
@fao.org
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
@unwomen.bsky.social
Secretary of the Plant Treaty, Dr. @kentnnadozie.bsky.social, highlights why conserving plant genetic diversity, including wild relatives & traditional varieties, is essential for ensuring that #biodiversity continues to serve humanity, fairly and sustainably.
#WWD2026
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Through the Treaty's Multilateral System & Benefit-sharing Fund, we promote the conservation & sustainable use of plant genetic resources, including wild relatives & traditional varieties that underpin medicinal & aromatic plants.
➡️ bit.ly/40aY7Fc
#WorldWildlifeDay
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The Plant Treaty marks a major milestone in the Arctic, with deposits to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and its first-ever deposit of official materials in the Arctic World Archive (AWA), a secure preservation facility deep within the permafrost.
📰 bit.ly/4rA5W3n
@fao.org @nordgen.bsky.social
@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.
Discover the full story ➡️ bit.ly/3ZX8ZGQ
#ItAllStartsWithTheSeed #FoodSecurity
@fao.org
Guatemala makes its first-ever deposit to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
930+ seed accessions are now safely backed up in the Arctic. After a critical situation at ICTA's genebank, Guatemala accessed the Emergency Reserve, managed by the Plant Treaty & @croptrust.bsky.social.
bit.ly/3ZX8ZGQ
41% of agrifood systems workforce are women. In some regions, they are the majority. Yet barriers to land, finance & technology persist. The International #YearOfTheWomanFarmer is a moment to turn awareness into investment.
Full episode 🎥 https://bit.ly/4qVqUbR
#IYWF2026
Every deposit in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a promise to the future. ❄️🌱
Through the Benefit-sharing Fund, the Treaty supports farmers, national institutions & genebanks in safeguarding crop diversity, security it for generations to come.
#FoodSecurity
@nordgen.bsky.social @norad.no
📰 Stay in the loop with the Treaty's headlines!
From global seed stories to Treaty developments, get your monthly dose of #biodiversity news.
Read more here ➡️ bit.ly/3MC00Yv
#ItAllStartsWithTheSeed #News
@fao.org @unbiodiversity.bsky.social @cgiar.org @bioversityciat.bsky.social @ipbes.net
Heads of #Biodiversity conventions meet @fao.org
#ItAllStartsWithTheSeed🌱
#multilateralism #BLG
@astridschomaker.bsky.social @kentnnadozie.bsky.social @planttreaty.bsky.social @ramsar.org @iwc-whales.bsky.social @cms.int @worldheritage.bsky.social @unbiodiversity.bsky.social
The Multilateral System of the @planttreaty.bsky.social offers the largest global exchange mechanism for sharing #CropDiversity, helping farmers, researchers & breeders access the genetic resources needed to adapt agriculture to climate change and food insecurity.
➡️ bit.ly/40aY7Fc
@fao.org
📅 Wed 18 Feb | 17:45 CET
📍 @fao.org HQ & Online
Take part in the High-Level Roundtable “Agrifood systems taking action for nature”, organized with @unbiodiversity.bsky.social and the Presidency of #COP17Armenia
Join the momentum toward stronger #Biodiversity action on the road to #COP17!
#SBI6
Happy Lunar New Year – welcome to the Year of the Horse. 🐴
As the new year begins, we are shining a spotlight on horses and other equine species that play important roles in the health of our planet.
Discover the four lessons we can learn from equines: https://shorturl.at/081uu
During GB-11, countries came together to advance conservation & sustainable use of #CropDiversity, Farmers’ Rights & the Multilateral System.
25 side events + the Journey of Seeds exhibition showcased global collaboration in action.
Next stop: GB-12 in 2027.
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From farmers’ fields to the Arctic, crop diversity supported by the Plant Treaty’s Benefit-sharing Fund will be deposited in the
Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
Deposits from Burkina Faso, Niger & Mali, and International Olive Council marks its first-ever olive seed deposit 🫒
📅 23–27 February 2026
Africa Regional Launch State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food & Agriculture ❗
Key findings & priorities to conserve #CropDiversity and build resilient agrifood systems.
📅 12 & 13 Feb 2026 | Nairobi + online
Join👉 bit.ly/4r9dfP7
@cifor-icraf.org @fao.org
Women scientists are advancing climate resilience, nutrition, #biodiversity, and food safety and other areas worldwide.
Today, we celebrate their contributions and reaffirm
@fao.org's and the @planttreaty.bsky.social's commitment to inclusive, science-based solutions.
#WomenInScience
🫘 Pulses are more than just nutritious seeds.
📽️ Watch to find out how these nutritious seeds help us combat climate change and protect our natural resources👇
#LovePulses #WorldPulsesDay
Chickpeas have long been at the heart of Lebanese cuisine, yet local production has struggled to meet demand.
Learn how @FAO’s OCOP initiative is helping Lebanon’s farmers revive this legacy crop with better quality seeds & agronomic practices. https://bit.ly/4r6AJV4
#WorldPulsesDay
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.
#ItAllStartsWithTheSeed #FoodSecurity
@fao.org @cgiar.org
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.
➡️ bit.ly/4bXACn8
#ItAllStartsWithTheSeed #FoodSecurity
@cifor-icraf.org @fao.org @seedfed.bsky.social
A journey across continents is about to begin.
New crop diversity safeguarded through the International Plant Treaty’s Benefit-sharing Fund will soon arrive in the
Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
🗓 23–27 Feb 2026
🔗 bit.ly/3MdcbL2
@nordgen.bsky.social @croptrust.bsky.social @norad.no @fao.org
🔔 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.
bit.ly/4rBGIBq
#ItAllStartsWithTheSeed #FoodSecurity
Join @cimmyt.bsky.social’s webinar building on CLIMARES work across Central and West Asia & North Africa, where experts will discuss strengthening wheat resilience through plant genetic resources & soil health.
📅 10 Feb, 10AM (UTC +3)
🔗 on.cgiar.org/4qgBOse
➡️ bit.ly/46hTA7m
#FoodSecurity #Seeds
@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.
➡️ bit.ly/3Zl6DkC
#ItAllStartsWithTheSeed #FoodSecurity
🔈 Let’s debunk common climate myths!
Myth #1 : “A couple of degrees of warming is not that big of a deal.”
Fact: Actually, small temperature rises can throw the world’s delicate ecosystems into disarray, with dire implications for humans and other living things.
More: www.unep.org/topics/clima...
