Germplasm Flow

Updated 27-09-2020

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 77,872
Provider Countries 50
Recipient Countries 181
Sent to Contracting Parties 65,312
Sent to non-Contracting Parties 12,560
With non-Annex 1 crops to developing countries 3,622
PGRFA Material (Accessions)
Total 5,608,322  
Annex 1 crops 5,333,803 95%
Non-Annex 1 crops 274,519 5%
PGRFA under development 1,206,734  
Sent to Contracting Parties 4,661,222
Sent to non-Contracting Parties 946,795
Non Art.15 Providers 568,702
SMTA by acceptance
Click-wrap28,36336%
Signed16,27820%
Shrink-wrap33,23142%
SMTA by Recipient type
Individual32,32541%
Organization42,53854%
Not specified3,0093%
Users
Total 2870  
Registered last year 2,576  
Registered this year 294  
Individuals 1,719 60%
Legal entities 1,151 40%
Number of Providers 90  
Number of Recipients 6,409  
SMTA sent by region
Africa14,673
Asia15,006
Europe22,452
Latin America and the Caribbean22,957
Near East1,064
North America1,492
Southwest Pacific228
SMTA received by region
Africa10,930
Asia20,750
Europe25,088
Latin America and the Caribbean9,373
Near East6,670
North America4,269
Southwest Pacific792
PGRFA sent by region
Africa875,171
Asia1,037,136
Europe707,819
Latin America and the Caribbean2,748,311
Near East168,320
North America65,101
Southwest Pacific6,464
PGRFA received by region
Africa1,045,850
Asia1,637,124
Europe1,048,707
Latin America and the Caribbean830,493
Near East623,050
North America355,667
Southwest Pacific67,431

List of countries by region