AGP - State of the World's Plant Genetic Resources
The State of the World's Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
The Report on the State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food
and Agriculture provides a comprehensive overview on the status and
trends of conservation and use of plant genetic resources at the national,
regional and global levels. It is a periodic assessment prepared though a
participatory, country-driven process and provides objective information and
analyses on priorities, gaps and needs, and is a basis to update the rolling
Global Plan of Action on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
The First Report of the State of the World’s Plant Genetic
Resources for Food and Agriculture was published in 1996. It was prepared
through a participatory, country-driven process. It assessed the state of plant
genetic diversity and capacities at the local and global levels for in situ and
ex situ management, conservation and utilization of plant genetic
resources. Country reports were submitted by 154 countries and 143 countries
participated in 12 sub-regional and regional meetings which resulted in
sub-regional synthesis reports.
The Report was presented to the Fourth International Technical Conference
on Plant Genetic Resources held in Leipzig, Germany, in June 1996, and
published in 1998. It was welcomed by the 150 countries attending the
Conference, as the first comprehensive worldwide assessment of the status
and use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. To download the
Report, click here.
The Second Report on the State of the World’s Plant Genetic
Resources for Food and Agriculture will be published in 2009. The main
objective is to update the First Report with the best data and information
available, through a participatory process, and with a focus on changes that
have occurred since 1996. This will give a concise assessment of the status
and trends of plant genetic resources and identify the most significant gaps
and needs in order to provide a basis to update the rolling Global Plan of
Action. The draft updated Report has been submitted to the Fourth Session of
the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on PGRFA (Rome, 15 -17
July 2009) for review, and then it has been endorsed at the Twelfth Session of
the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Rome, 18-23
October 2009).
You could read or download the draft of the second report here.
The State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources and the Global Plan of
Action are closely linked. Countries monitor the implementation of the Global
Plan of Action through the establishment of national information sharing
mechanisms, which promote a country-driven, participatory and capacity
building process. The new monitoring approach for the implementation of
the Global Plan of Action, and the preparation of the second report on the
State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources are two processes that have
been fully integrated. For more detailed information on the preparation and
structure of the Report, click here.
Regional consultations are being held to review national reports and set priorities. See the agendas:
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Near East: Aleppo (Syria) from 29-30 November 2008
