Germplasm Flow

Updated 27-11-2020

This pages makes publicly available aggregated data and statistics reported to the Data Store of the International Treaty to help to understand germplasm flow within the Multilateral System as a contribution to the ongoing enhancement processes and the Global Information System on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
SMTA
Total 77,943
Provider Countries 49
Recipient Countries 181
Sent to Contracting Parties 65,594
Sent to non-Contracting Parties 12,349
With non-Annex 1 crops to developing countries 3,644
PGRFA Material (Accessions)
Total 5,610,683  
Annex 1 crops 5,334,669 95%
Non-Annex 1 crops 276,014 5%
PGRFA under development 1,206,837  
Sent to Contracting Parties 4,685,336
Sent to non-Contracting Parties 925,042
Non Art.15 Providers 571,029
SMTA by acceptance
Click-wrap28,39436%
Signed16,29920%
Shrink-wrap33,25042%
SMTA by Recipient type
Individual32,36741%
Organization42,56754%
Not specified3,0093%
Users
Total 2938  
Registered last year 2,576  
Registered this year 362  
Individuals 1,756 60%
Legal entities 1,182 40%
Number of Providers 92  
Number of Recipients 6,409  
SMTA sent by region
Africa14,677
Asia15,024
Europe22,492
Latin America and the Caribbean22,965
Near East1,064
North America1,492
Southwest Pacific229
SMTA received by region
Africa10,936
Asia20,771
Europe25,127
Latin America and the Caribbean9,378
Near East6,670
North America4,269
Southwest Pacific792
PGRFA sent by region
Africa875,203
Asia1,038,112
Europe709,060
Latin America and the Caribbean2,748,375
Near East168,320
North America65,101
Southwest Pacific6,512
PGRFA received by region
Africa1,046,169
Asia1,638,032
Europe1,049,810
Latin America and the Caribbean830,524
Near East623,050
North America355,667
Southwest Pacific67,431

List of countries by region