Germplasm Flow

Updated 18-04-2021

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 82,825
Provider Countries 49
Recipient Countries 181
Sent to Contracting Parties 69,937
Sent to non-Contracting Parties 12,888
With non-Annex 1 crops to developing countries 3,760
PGRFA Material (Accessions)
Total 6,080,101  
Annex 1 crops 5,794,249 95%
Non-Annex 1 crops 285,852 5%
PGRFA under development 1,412,751  
Sent to Contracting Parties 5,093,820
Sent to non-Contracting Parties 985,976
Non Art.15 Providers 608,308
SMTA by acceptance
Click-wrap31,84838%
Signed16,57220%
Shrink-wrap34,40541%
SMTA by Recipient type
Individual34,79042%
Organization45,02654%
Not specified3,0093%
Users
Total 5435  
Registered last year 2,964  
Registered this year 2,471  
Individuals 4,178 77%
Legal entities 1,257 23%
Number of Providers 97  
Number of Recipients 8,015  
SMTA sent by region
Africa14,973
Asia15,417
Europe24,788
Latin America and the Caribbean23,774
Near East2,017
North America1,625
Southwest Pacific231
SMTA received by region
Africa11,488
Asia21,546
Europe27,779
Latin America and the Caribbean9,732
Near East6,915
North America4,538
Southwest Pacific827
PGRFA sent by region
Africa891,664
Asia1,072,463
Europe730,866
Latin America and the Caribbean2,918,839
Near East373,204
North America86,421
Southwest Pacific6,644
PGRFA received by region
Africa1,144,157
Asia1,759,955
Europe1,152,338
Latin America and the Caribbean864,096
Near East690,624
North America395,073
Southwest Pacific73,858

List of countries by region