Germplasm Flow

Updated 04-08-2020

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 77,247
Provider Countries 49
Recipient Countries 181
Sent to Contracting Parties 64,707
Sent to non-Contracting Parties 12,540
With non-Annex 1 crops to developing countries 3,544
PGRFA Material (Accessions)
Total 5,590,260  
Annex 1 crops 5,323,223 95%
Non-Annex 1 crops 267,037 5%
PGRFA under development 1,206,508  
Sent to Contracting Parties 4,643,810
Sent to non-Contracting Parties 946,145
Non Art.15 Providers 552,178
SMTA by acceptance
Click-wrap27,91836%
Signed16,12020%
Shrink-wrap33,20942%
SMTA by Recipient type
Individual32,09641%
Organization42,14254%
Not specified3,0093%
Users
Total 2819  
Registered last year 2,576  
Registered this year 243  
Individuals 1,688 60%
Legal entities 1,131 40%
Number of Providers 88  
Number of Recipients 6,407  
SMTA sent by region
Africa14,652
Asia14,985
Europe21,870
Latin America and the Caribbean22,956
Near East1,064
North America1,492
Southwest Pacific228
SMTA received by region
Africa10,906
Asia20,723
Europe24,572
Latin America and the Caribbean9,372
Near East6,629
North America4,256
Southwest Pacific789
PGRFA sent by region
Africa873,600
Asia1,036,678
Europe691,810
Latin America and the Caribbean2,748,287
Near East168,320
North America65,101
Southwest Pacific6,464
PGRFA received by region
Africa1,044,158
Asia1,636,283
Europe1,036,630
Latin America and the Caribbean830,464
Near East620,817
North America354,907
Southwest Pacific67,001

List of countries by region