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On October 16, 2006, the eleven CGIAR Centres
holding ex situ collections of plant genetic
resources signed
agreements with the Governing Body
of the
International Treaty on Plant
Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
placing the collections they hold under the Treaty.
(To find out more about the Centres' agreements with
the Governing Body of the Treaty,
click here). Consequently, the genetic resources they hold that
are on the list of crops and forages (Annex 1) under
the Multilateral System of Access and
Benefit-sharing of the Treaty will be distributed
using the Treaty’s Standard Material Transfer
Agreement (SMTA) (see below).
Standard Material Transfer Agreement (SMTA):
As
from 1 January 2007, Centres have been using the
Standard Material Transfer Agreement (SMTA) adopted
by the Governing Body of the Treaty at its First
Session in June 2006 for transfers of PGRFA of crops
and forages listed in Annex 1 of the International
Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and
Agriculture. At its second session, 29 October -
2 November 2007, the Governing Body of the Treaty
decided that the Centres should also use the SMTA
when transferring non-Annex 1 plant genetic resources
for food and agriculture. As from 1 February 2008,
the Centres will consequently be transferring all plant
genetic resources for food and agriculture they hold in
trust, whether or not they are included in Annex 1 of the
Treaty, using the SMTA. As agreed by the Governing Body,
the SMTA used by the Centres includes a footnote indicating
that the provisions of the SMTA referring to Annex 1
materials should not be interpreted as precluding the use of
the SMTA for transfers of non-Annex 1 materials.
SMTA English –
PDF -
Word
SMTA French –
PDF -
Word
SMTA Spanish –
PDF -
Word
SMTA Arabic –
PDF -
Word
SMTA Chinese –
PDF -
Word
SMTA Russian –
PDF -
Word
The SGRP has developed a Guide for Centres use of SMTA,
which is available for downloading
(PDF,
423Kb).
Find out more about the
International Treaty on PGRFA
or visit the
Treaty webpage
of the FAO Commission on Genetic
Resources for Food and Agriculture.
Find out
more about the
in-trust collections. |
The CGIAR System
Africa Rice Center (WARDA)
Bioversity International
CIAT
CIFOR
CIMMYT
CIP
ICARDA
ICRISAT
IFPRI
IITA
ILRI
IRRI
IWMI
World Agroforestry Centre
WorldFish Center
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