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President of India to Inaugurate ‘First Global Symposium on Farmers’ Rights’ on 12th September at ICAR Convention Centre, National Agricultural Science Centre, New Delhi
Eminent scientists, farmers and resource persons has participated from 80 countries
Participating countries to deliberate upon the pivotal issues related to Farmers’ Rights as enshrined in Article 9 of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
India has hosted the first ‘Global Symposium on Farmers’ Rights’ (GSFR) at the ICAR Convention Centre, National Agricultural Science Centre in New Delhi from September 12 to 15, 2023. President of India, Her Excellency Smt. Droupadi Murmu, has inaugurated this global symposium on September 12, 2023.
Organized by the Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (International Treaty) of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome, the Global Symposium has been hosted by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, in collaboration with Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights (PPVFR) Authority, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), and ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR).
The President said that India is a mega-diverse country with only 2.4 percent of the world’s land area but accounts for 7-8 percent of all recorded species of plants and animals. She shared that in terms of biodiversity, India ranks as one of nations endowed with widest range of plants and species.
She added that this rich agro-biodiversity of India has been a treasure trove for the global community at large. She added that our farmers have toiled and enterprisingly conserved local varieties of plants, domesticated wild plants and nurtured traditional varieties that have provided building blocks for crop breeding programmes and this has ensured food and nutritional security for human beings and animals.
News Mania Desk /Photo Credit -Sipra Das (National Consulting Photo Editor)
12th September 2023 ,New Delhi
