| Sumario: | This study presents and overview of the projects that have been funded by or proposed to the
Benefit-sharing Fund (BSF) under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food
and Agriculture (ITPRFA). In particular, the study focusses on the technology transfer, capacity
building and information exchange-related activities that are included in those projects.
Through the analysis, we address the following issues:
- The geographic scope of projects, and the activities and partnerships within them;
- The types of technologies, capacities and information being generated and transferred;
- The actors involved in the co-development and transfer of technologies, capacities and
information); and,
- Situations in which technology transfer, capacity building and information exchange are
pursued or promoted together as part of a package and when they are pursued or
promoted independently of each other
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