This indicator focuses on crops conserved in the national genebank(s) that require targeted collecting in the country of the reporting Stakeholder.
It is based on information reported in response to question 5.1 of the Reporting Format for Monitoring the Implementation of the Second Global Plan of Action for PGRFA.
Question 5.1 requests the Stakeholder to provide the crops conserved in the national genebank for which targeted collecting was required at the end of the reporting period and specify if a strategy existed for the identification of gaps in the crop collection and for undertaking targeted collecting missions to fill identified gaps that could not be filled by accessing other national or international genebanks.
The term ‘strategy’ refers to a plan of action to identify gaps in the national genebank collections with respect to the coverage of species or varieties that exist in the country but have not yet been included in the collections. Such plan of action is intended to achieve the overall aim of adequately representing the genetic diversity of the agreed priority species existing in the country in the genebank collections. A typical activity related to gap filling is the implementation of collecting missions in the country.
Information from question 5.1 fulfills both indicator 13 and indicator 14 of the Second GPA.
The information is provided according to a table as described below.
Column descriptions:
Targeted collecting was required for the following crop *
A strategy
• Existed for the identification of gaps in the collection • Existed for the identification of gaps and for targeted collecting missions • Did not exist
Gaps detected
□ Incomplete coverage of targeted taxa
□ Incomplete geographical coverage
□ Missing known farmers’ varieties/landraces
□ Missing historical varieties
□ Missing crop wild relatives
□ Incomplete biotic and abiotic stress resistance coverage
Other gaps detected
Methods used to detect gaps
□ Comparison of stored material against organization mandate
□ Comparison of stored material against historical references
□ Comparison of stored material against geographical references
Other methods
* Data used for this indicator.
The indicator is calculated as the sum total of crops conserved in the national genebank(s) that require targeted collecting in the country during the reporting period.
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Ex situ crops/crop groups requiring targeted collecting, total is the sum total of ex situ crop/crop groups conserved in the national genebank(s) that require targeted collecting of the selected county/region reported by the Stakeholder during the reporting period.
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A map showing reporting countries is displayed as a colour gradient based on the total number of crops/crop groups conserved in the national genebank(s) that require targeted collecting of the selected county/region reported by Stakeholders for the reporting period. Actual country data are depicted as a pop-up box when the mouse is placed over the country in the map.
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