Germplasm Flow

Updated 20-03-2019

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 70,375
Provider Countries 44
Recipient Countries 181
Sent to Contracting Parties 57,251
Sent to non-Contracting Parties 13,124
With non-Annex 1 crops to developing countries 3,074
PGRFA Material (Accessions)
Total 4,754,234  
Annex 1 crops 4,529,301 95%
Non-Annex 1 crops 224,933 5%
PGRFA under development 1,397,090  
Sent to Contracting Parties 3,784,393
Sent to non-Contracting Parties 969,536
Non Art.15 Providers 417,379
SMTA by acceptance
Click-wrap22,73332%
Signed13,57919%
Shrink-wrap34,06348%
SMTA by Recipient type
Individual29,11741%
Organization38,25054%
Not specified3,0084%
Users
Total 2159  
Registered last year 2,086  
Registered this year 73  
Individuals 1,293 60%
Legal entities 866 40%
Number of Providers 65  
Number of Recipients 6,204  
SMTA sent by region
Africa16,915
Asia13,156
Europe18,142
Latin America and the Caribbean19,939
Near East968
North America1,221
Southwest Pacific34
SMTA received by region
Africa10,241
Asia19,350
Europe20,305
Latin America and the Caribbean7,918
Near East8,311
North America3,661
Southwest Pacific589
PGRFA sent by region
Africa956,795
Asia920,736
Europe543,315
Latin America and the Caribbean2,127,376
Near East161,853
North America43,352
Southwest Pacific807
PGRFA received by region
Africa881,588
Asia1,464,598
Europe768,533
Latin America and the Caribbean646,275
Near East680,709
North America255,599
Southwest Pacific56,932

List of countries by region