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President Droupadi Murmu will inaugurate the first-ever global symposium on farmers’ rights at the Pusa complex . Murmu will also unveil the Plant Authority Centre and confer awards to six farmer communities and 20 individual farmers for conservation efforts in agro-biodiversity.
Briefing media, Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority (PPVFRA) Chairperson Trilochan Mohapatra said the four-day symposium from September 12-15 is being held for the first time since the adoption of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in 2001.
Apart from facilitating access to the genetic materials of 64 crops in the multilateral system for research, breeding, and training for food and agriculture, the Treaty recognizes the enormous contribution of local and indigenous farmers in the conservation and development of plant genetic resources, he said.
