Germplasm Flow

Updated 18-04-2019

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 74,086
Provider Countries 44
Recipient Countries 181
Sent to Contracting Parties 60,054
Sent to non-Contracting Parties 14,032
With non-Annex 1 crops to developing countries 3,267
PGRFA Material (Accessions)
Total 5,355,882  
Annex 1 crops 5,113,777 95%
Non-Annex 1 crops 242,105 5%
PGRFA under development 1,410,596  
Sent to Contracting Parties 4,248,276
Sent to non-Contracting Parties 1,107,301
Non Art.15 Providers 418,148
SMTA by acceptance
Click-wrap23,73532%
Signed14,27919%
Shrink-wrap36,07248%
SMTA by Recipient type
Individual29,56339%
Organization41,51556%
Not specified3,0084%
Users
Total 2205  
Registered last year 2,086  
Registered this year 119  
Individuals 1,322 60%
Legal entities 883 40%
Number of Providers 67  
Number of Recipients 6,211  
SMTA sent by region
Africa17,511
Asia13,998
Europe18,461
Latin America and the Caribbean21,893
Near East968
North America1,221
Southwest Pacific34
SMTA received by region
Africa11,036
Asia20,438
Europe20,888
Latin America and the Caribbean8,908
Near East8,387
North America3,822
Southwest Pacific607
PGRFA sent by region
Africa995,244
Asia977,633
Europe565,311
Latin America and the Caribbean2,611,682
Near East161,853
North America43,352
Southwest Pacific807
PGRFA received by region
Africa1,009,079
Asia1,602,299
Europe877,652
Latin America and the Caribbean771,745
Near East709,945
North America323,729
Southwest Pacific61,433

List of countries by region