Germplasm Flow

Updated 14-07-2020

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 77,233
Provider Countries 49
Recipient Countries 181
Sent to Contracting Parties 64,694
Sent to non-Contracting Parties 12,539
With non-Annex 1 crops to developing countries 3,537
PGRFA Material (Accessions)
Total 5,589,788  
Annex 1 crops 5,322,877 95%
Non-Annex 1 crops 266,911 5%
PGRFA under development 1,206,508  
Sent to Contracting Parties 4,643,341
Sent to non-Contracting Parties 946,142
Non Art.15 Providers 551,706
SMTA by acceptance
Click-wrap27,91236%
Signed16,11320%
Shrink-wrap33,20842%
SMTA by Recipient type
Individual32,09341%
Organization42,13154%
Not specified3,0093%
Users
Total 2795  
Registered last year 2,576  
Registered this year 219  
Individuals 1,673 60%
Legal entities 1,122 40%
Number of Providers 87  
Number of Recipients 6,407  
SMTA sent by region
Africa14,650
Asia14,979
Europe21,864
Latin America and the Caribbean22,956
Near East1,064
North America1,492
Southwest Pacific228
SMTA received by region
Africa10,904
Asia20,718
Europe24,565
Latin America and the Caribbean9,372
Near East6,629
North America4,256
Southwest Pacific789
PGRFA sent by region
Africa873,594
Asia1,036,632
Europe691,390
Latin America and the Caribbean2,748,287
Near East168,320
North America65,101
Southwest Pacific6,464
PGRFA received by region
Africa1,044,152
Asia1,636,251
Europe1,036,196
Latin America and the Caribbean830,464
Near East620,817
North America354,907
Southwest Pacific67,001

List of countries by region