Representatives of 100 countries gather 12-16 June in Madrid for the first meeting of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, to discuss financial strategies, access to plant genetic resources and the rights of farmers to a share of the benefits deriving from their use.</p><p><a href="http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000324/index.html">FAO: First meeting of treaty on genetic resources for agriculture opens today</a></p><p><a href="http://www.fao.org/ag/cgrfa/gb1.htm">Official documents of the meeting</a></p><p><a href="http://www.iisd.ca/vol09/enb09364e.html">ENB: Updates from Madrid</a></p><p><a href="http://www.ukabc.org/iu2.htm">UK food group: background on the Treaty</a>