FAO and WHO released report identifying food safety hazards of cell-based food
On Apr. 5, 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO),…
the largest stock of the rinderpest virus was destroyed at the Pirbright Institute.
On Jun. 14, 2019, the Pirbright Institute announced that it had destroyed the last samples of rinderpest virus…
The USDA’s Germplasm Resources Information Network went on-line
In 1985, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), the remnant of the effort…
World’s genetic resources placed under the auspices and jurisdiction of the FAO
In 1983, at the 22nd session of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), germplasm becomes a political football…
the 21st session of the FAO Conference in Rome, genetic resource conservation becomes an internationally politicized issue
On Nov. 25, 1981, at the 21st session of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Conference in Rome,…
The IBPGR project to develop a standardized computer system for germplasm was cancelled due to cost
In 1977, the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources (IBPGR) having inherited from the Food and Agriculture Organization’s…
The National Plant Germplasm System was established
In 1974, n an attempt to bring order to the loosely structured state/federal new-crops research program, the National…
FAO’s Plant Introduction Newsletter was renamed Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter
In 1971, The Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter was one of Bioversity Internationalﾒs flagship publications. Though no longer published,…
The FAO sponsored the first attempt to develop a computerized data bank for the world’s genetic resources
In 1969, The FAO’s Crop Ecology Unit sponsored the first attempt to develop a standardized, computerized data bank…
FAO’s Crop Ecology Unit srvey revealed that only 28% germplasm samples held worldwide are stored properly
In 1969, a survey by the FAO’s Crop Ecology Unit reveals that only 28% of the approximately two…
The FAO created a Crop Ecology and Genetic Resources Unit
In 1968, The FAO created a Crop Ecology and Genetic Resources Unit to act as a clearinghouse for…
The FAO and the International Biological Programme put on the second major conference on germplasm
On Sept. 18, 1967, the FAO and the International Biological Programme put on the second major conference on…
The FAO established the Crop Research and Introduction Centre at Izmir, Turkey
In 1964, the FAO, backed by the U.N. Special Fund, sets up the Crop Research and Introduction Centre…
As part of its World Seeds Year, the FAO held a Technical Conference on Plant Exploration and Introduction
In 1961, as part of its World Seeds Year, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) held a Technical…
The FAO published first Plant Introduction Newsletter, a periodical of germplasm
In 1957, the FAO published its first Plant Introduction Newsletter, a periodical summary of who has what germplasm…
FAO became clearinghouse to facilitate free exchange of germplasm throughout the world
In 1947, an FAO subcommittee recommends that the FAO become a clearinghouse for information and that it facilitate…