DuPont, Wilmington, Del., announces a pledge of $1 million to the Global Crop Diversity Trust (the Trust).DuPont, Wilmington, Del., announces a pledge of $1 million to the Global Crop Diversity Trust (the Trust), an international fund International Fund A mutual fund that can invest in companies located anywhere outside of your own country.Notes: Many people confuse an international fund with a global fund. The difference is that a global fund includes the entire world, and an international fund includes the entire world excluding your home country. See also: Global Fund, Mutual Fund charged with securing long-term funding for the support of genebanks--storage facilities for plant germplasm--and crop diversity collections around the world. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), specialized agency of the United Nations, established in 1945. The organization is governed by a conference composed of the entire membership (189 nations plus the European Union), which meets at least once biennially, and by a council of 49 members. Each region is allocated a fixed number of seats, 33 of which are from Third World areas. It reports to the Economic and Social Council annually. and the 16 Future Harvest Centers of the Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research formed the Trust in 2002.
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