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The last formal round of negotiations before the Governing Body meeting of the Plant Treaty in November hit a snag last week.

Will @planttreaty miss another opportunity to deliver a more functional #BenefitSharing in the plant sector ? Even if not perfect , let’s give the chance to the #seed sector to show its commitment to concretely contribute to #SDG target 2.5 @SeedFed @AgroBioDiverse https://t.co/zVoDAUqNDY

— Francois Pythoud (@FrancoisPythoud) October 28, 2019

Here’s hoping the spirit of compromise will pull us through at the last minute. The issues are important, and contentious ¹.

1. See the briefing papers in one of these Nibbles to get an idea of the disagreements.