The Secretariat makes available through this website information on notifications related to the material included in the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing. A sample Letter of Notification of Inclusion of Material in the Multilateral System can be downloaded from this page in four languages.

   The Brazilian Agriculture Research Corporation (Embrapa)- Brazil has notified the Secretary of the inclussion in the Multilateral system of the Treaty of 2,377 accessions of five different collections mantained by Embrapa, as from 7 May 2009. Passport data on the accessions and user procedures to order samples will be soon available from a website.
   Brazilian Agriculture Research Corporation (Embrapa)- Brazil

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   The publicly available collections held by the Nordic Genetic Resource Center of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
   Nordic Genetic Resource Center

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   The Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection of Germany has notified the Secretary of the Treaty that more than 100,000 accessions that are held in the collections of the Genebank of the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), and the Fragaria and Malus collections held by the Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants have been included in the Multilateral System. The German material is fully described by the German National Inventory for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRDEU) and available at the following address.
   National Inventory for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in Germany

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   The National Botanic Research Institute of Namibia has notified 1,722 accessions, including a collection of 1,441 accessions of pearl millet, which are included in the System.
National Botanical Research Institute of Namibia,

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   The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Netherlands has notified the Secretary of four collections maintained by four different centers: the collections of the Centre for Genetic Resources of the Wageningen University Research Centre, the solanaceae collection held by the Radboud University consisting of non-tuber bearing wild species, and the apple collections of the Pomologische Vereniging Noord-Holland, and the Stichting Fruithof Frederiksoord, which contain traditional Dutch apples.
Centre for Genetic Resources,

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   The Instituto Nacional dos Recursos Biológicos (INRB) on behalf of Portugal has notified the Secretary that 813 accessions of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture listed in Annex 1 of the Treaty are included in the Multilateral System.
Through the website eurisco.ecpgr.org detailed data on the composition of the collections is readily available.

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   The Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development of Romania has notified the Secretary that the following plant genetic resources for food and agriculture listed in Annex I and maintained in the Suceava Gene bank have been included in the Multilateral System:
-The collection held by National Gene bank, Romania, located in Suceava.
   The website www.svgenebank.ro provides access to the collection’s database, and detailed data on the composition of the collection is readily available.

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   The Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG) of the Switzerland has notified the Secretary that the following plant genetic resources for food and agriculture listed in Annex I as well as non-Annex I crops and maintained in Switzerland have been included in the Multilateral System:
-The collections held by the National Genebank of Switzerland, Agroscope Changins Wãdenswil Research Station, Nyon.
-The accessions held by different private and public organisations

Through the website www.bdn.ch and precisely http://www.bdn.ch/lists/list_content?id=383 detailed data on the composition of the collection and the holders are readily available.

National database for the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture,

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   The Agricultural Research Institute of Zambia has informed the Secretary of twelve collections with a total number of 4,340 accessions which are included in the Treaty System.
Zambia Agriculture Research Institute,

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   Article 15 of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture states that Contracting Parties to the Treaty call upon the International Agricultural Research Centres (IARCs) to conclude agreements with the Governing Body of the Treaty with regard to ex situ collections.

Africa Rice Center

16/10/2006

Bioversity International

16/10/2006

International Centre for Tropical Agriculture

16/10/2006

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

16/10/2006

International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

16/10/2006

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

16/10/2006

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

16/10/2006

International Livestock Research Institute

16/10/2006

International Potato Center

16/10/2006

International Rice Research Institute

16/10/2006

World Agroforestry Centre

16/10/2006

Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center

16/10/2006

International Coconut Genebank for African and the Indian Ocean

05/02/2007

International Coconut Genebank for the South Pacific

09/05/2007

Mutant Germplasm Repository of the FAO/IAEA Joint Division

18/07/2007

International Cocoa Genebank

01/06/2009

Centre for Pacific Crops and Trees (CePaCT) - SPC Community

01/06/2009

   The "Association pour l'Etude et l'Amélioration du Maïs", and the National Institute for Agricultural Research of France (INRA) have informed the Secretary of collections of Maize with a total number of 500 accessions which are included in the Multilateral System of the Treaty.

The information on the management of these genetic resources can be found at:http://www1.montpellier.inra.fr/zea_french_network

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   The "Association Française des Semences de céréales à paille et autres espèces Autogames" (AFSA), and the National Institute for Agricultural Research of France (INRA) have informed the Secretary of French collections of bread wheat with a total number of 1800 accessions which are included in the Multilateral System of the Treaty.

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