Germplasm Flow

Updated 17-08-2019

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 75,397
Provider Countries 47
Recipient Countries 181
Sent to Contracting Parties 61,286
Sent to non-Contracting Parties 14,111
With non-Annex 1 crops to developing countries 3,371
PGRFA Material (Accessions)
Total 5,456,943  
Annex 1 crops 5,208,402 95%
Non-Annex 1 crops 248,541 5%
PGRFA under development 1,413,595  
Sent to Contracting Parties 4,341,031
Sent to non-Contracting Parties 1,115,607
Non Art.15 Providers 436,174
SMTA by acceptance
Click-wrap24,13732%
Signed14,62419%
Shrink-wrap36,63648%
SMTA by Recipient type
Individual29,92739%
Organization42,46156%
Not specified3,0093%
Users
Total 2402  
Registered last year 2,086  
Registered this year 316  
Individuals 1,450 60%
Legal entities 952 40%
Number of Providers 70  
Number of Recipients 6,282  
SMTA sent by region
Africa17,901
Asia14,108
Europe18,974
Latin America and the Caribbean21,912
Near East1,055
North America1,221
Southwest Pacific226
SMTA received by region
Africa10,922
Asia20,211
Europe21,966
Latin America and the Caribbean8,933
Near East8,761
North America3,841
Southwest Pacific763
PGRFA sent by region
Africa1,064,276
Asia979,511
Europe584,070
Latin America and the Caribbean2,612,033
Near East167,724
North America43,352
Southwest Pacific5,977
PGRFA received by region
Africa1,028,619
Asia1,577,755
Europe947,848
Latin America and the Caribbean776,494
Near East736,711
North America324,678
Southwest Pacific64,838

List of countries by region