Germplasm Flow

Updated 20-02-2019

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 68,608
Provider Countries 44
Recipient Countries 180
Sent to Contracting Parties 56,192
Sent to non-Contracting Parties 12,416
With non-Annex 1 crops to developing countries 3,066
PGRFA Material (Accessions)
Total 4,602,298  
Annex 1 crops 4,377,694 95%
Non-Annex 1 crops 224,604 5%
PGRFA under development 1,397,081  
Sent to Contracting Parties 3,695,930
Sent to non-Contracting Parties 906,063
Non Art.15 Providers 416,820
SMTA by acceptance
Click-wrap22,72333%
Signed13,57319%
Shrink-wrap32,31247%
SMTA by Recipient type
Individual28,94342%
Organization36,65753%
Not specified3,0084%
Users
Total 2136  
Registered last year 2,086  
Registered this year 50  
Individuals 1,279 60%
Legal entities 857 40%
Number of Providers 65  
Number of Recipients 6,200  
SMTA sent by region
Africa16,725
Asia13,154
Europe16,569
Latin America and the Caribbean19,937
Near East968
North America1,221
Southwest Pacific34
SMTA received by region
Africa9,883
Asia18,972
Europe19,814
Latin America and the Caribbean7,814
Near East7,962
North America3,576
Southwest Pacific587
PGRFA sent by region
Africa943,450
Asia920,457
Europe405,047
Latin America and the Caribbean2,127,332
Near East161,853
North America43,352
Southwest Pacific807
PGRFA received by region
Africa852,178
Asia1,432,114
Europe721,211
Latin America and the Caribbean636,454
Near East654,898
North America248,580
Southwest Pacific56,863

List of countries by region