India, Nov. 17 -- Civil society organisations, farmers group and scientists in India are raising an urgent alarm over proposed changes to an international agreement on plant resources just weeks before a crucial meeting in Lima, Peru.

The 11th session of the governing body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) is scheduled for the last week of November 2025.

Groups like the Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture, Kisan Swaraj, Rashtriya Kisan Mahasangh, Bharat Beej Swaraj Manch and Scientists for Genetic Diversity have written to high ranking government officials, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ministers Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Bhupender Yadav, urging them to p...