Germplasm Flow

Updated 21-10-2019

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 76,467
Provider Countries 47
Recipient Countries 181
Sent to Contracting Parties 64,526
Sent to non-Contracting Parties 11,941
With non-Annex 1 crops to developing countries 3,500
PGRFA Material (Accessions)
Total 5,508,330  
Annex 1 crops 5,241,817 95%
Non-Annex 1 crops 266,513 5%
PGRFA under development 1,414,908  
Sent to Contracting Parties 4,612,335
Sent to non-Contracting Parties 895,690
Non Art.15 Providers 486,522
SMTA by acceptance
Click-wrap24,80132%
Signed15,00419%
Shrink-wrap36,66247%
SMTA by Recipient type
Individual30,20439%
Organization43,25456%
Not specified3,0093%
Users
Total 2490  
Registered last year 2,086  
Registered this year 404  
Individuals 1,503 60%
Legal entities 987 40%
Number of Providers 72  
Number of Recipients 6,341  
SMTA sent by region
Africa17,922
Asia14,125
Europe19,989
Latin America and the Caribbean21,920
Near East1,064
North America1,221
Southwest Pacific226
SMTA received by region
Africa10,961
Asia20,264
Europe22,854
Latin America and the Caribbean8,942
Near East8,824
North America3,857
Southwest Pacific765
PGRFA sent by region
Africa1,064,645
Asia979,839
Europe634,015
Latin America and the Caribbean2,612,182
Near East168,320
North America43,352
Southwest Pacific5,977
PGRFA received by region
Africa1,029,685
Asia1,584,865
Europe980,632
Latin America and the Caribbean776,898
Near East743,791
North America326,633
Southwest Pacific65,826

List of countries by region