
The Plant Treaty
The Plant treaty is the only legally binding international agreement exclusively pertaining to the genetic resources in seed and propagating material for food and agriculture. It addresses the realization of Farmers’ Rights in Article 9, and has a number of supportive provisions in other parts of the Treaty, particularly in Article 6 on sustainable use of crop genetic resources. The Plant Treaty provides the international platform for negotiations on the realization of Farmers’ Rights related to crop genetic resources.