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English version of the German National Strategy for Genetic Resources now available!

The English version of the German “National Strategy on Genetic Resources for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries” is available just in time for the meeting of the Commission on Genetic Resources of the Food and Agriculture (CGRFA).

Lettering on the front page of the English strategy edition
Source: BLE

The strategy addresses four fields of action: 
- long-term conservation, 
- sustainable use 
- the transfer of knowledge and information and 
- the importance of international cooperation.

Genetic resources as the basis of our food and raw material supply, as an opportunity to adapt to climate change and as part of biodiversity and cultural heritage - genetic resources for agriculture and food are an essential part of our lives. This will also be the focus of the CGRFA meeting in Rome, which started on Monday, 24th March 2025.

You can download the English version of the strategy as a PDF from the website of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture: https://www.bmel.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/EN/Publications/national-strategy-genetic-ressources?j_internal_customer=BMEL