
Sunil Archak
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Principal Scientist @INbpgr & @ICARindia National Fellow. Professor @iaripusa1. CoChair of MLS working group of @planttreaty Views personal. RT ≠ endorsement
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As the PlantTreaty Working Group met for its final negotiations before the Governing Body in November 2025, many delegates underscored the need to stay true to the Treaty’s objectives and support sustainable agriculture and global food security fairly ➡️ enb.iisd.org/plant-genetic-…


#ThisWeek in Lima: Historic Final Talks to Strengthen Intl PlantTreaty's Multilateral System of Access & Benefit-sharing ➡️bit.ly/3GDLMDc ➡️ Daily coverage via Earth Negotiations Bulletin: bit.ly/4lI5pZK #ItAllStartsWithTheSeed🌱 #Multilateralism #BenefitSharing #ABS


Visions of the future of sustainable #agriculture differ widely, PlantTreaty #OEWG14 talks confirmed Positions remained divided on core issues on benefit-sharing from the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources, and payment structure ➡️ enb.iisd.org/plant-genetic-…



At PlantTreaty #OEWG14 with a deep divide on proposed payment rates, many developing countries expressed reservations on including all their plant genetic resources for food and agriculture in the revised Multilateral System of access and benefit-sharing enb.iisd.org/plant-genetic-…


#Today marks final day of historic opportunity for global #PlantGeneticResource community negotiations to further strengthen Intl PlantTreaty's #MultilateralSystem of Access & Benefit-sharing #ItAllStartsWithTheSeed🌱 #FoodSecurity #Multilateralism #seeds #crops Food and Agriculture Organization Earth Negotiations Bulletin


🌱🌱🌱🌱 Seeds are tiny. Seeds are mighty. No seeds, no food. No seeds, no future. #ItAllStartsWithTheSeed #FoodSecurity FAO Climate Change & Biodiversity Food and Agriculture Organization International Seed Federation CGIAR Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT The Crop Trust UN Biodiversity Euroseeds IRRI 🌾 ICRISAT World Bank Bejo ZollingerBio semae

Principled differences remain, but PlantTreaty #OEWG14 delegates engaged with ideas that can enable consensus on enhancing the Treaty’s Multilateral System of access and benefit-sharing, and addressing user-based payments to the its Benefit-sharing Fund enb.iisd.org/plant-genetic-…


Team ICAR-NBPGR showcasing indigenous crop diversity at Indian Council of Agricultural Research. foundation day.


Alwin Kopse, Chair of #GB11, shares a message as the session heads to Latin America & the Caribbean, co-hosted by 🇵🇪 Peru & 🇨🇭 Switzerland. 🗓️ 24–29 November 2025 📍 Lima, Peru #ItAllStartsWithTheSeed Food and Agriculture Organization FAO Perú MIDAGRI PERÚ Swiss MFA FAO Climate Change & Biodiversity UN Biodiversity The Crop Trust




Congratulations Rakesh! A proud achievement for ICAR-NBPGR This should put to rest any remaining doubts about the capability of Indian Council of Agricultural Research. & ICAR-NBPGR to work on #genomics of #PGRFA leading to quality publications & technologies. May the force be with you 👊🏼

Now it’s time to establish a Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Centre of Excellence on PGR Genomics at ICAR-NBPGR during the next EFC. NITI Aayog



