15.6.1 Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements (SMTAs) transferring plant genetic resources for food and agriculture to the country


Metadata
Period: Annual
Year: 2025


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Indicator information
Definition and methodology
Data source type and data collection method
Notes
ID of global indicator
Metadata update
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Indicator informationTop
Indicator

15.6.1 Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements (SMTAs) transferring plant genetic resources for food and agriculture to the country

Global indicator name

15.6.1 Number of countries that have adopted legislative, administrative and policy frameworks to ensure fair and equitable sharing of benefits

Target

15.6 Promote fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and promote appropriate access to such resources, as internationally agreed

Goal

Goal 15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss


Definition and methodologyTop
Definition

The indicator shows whether countries have adopted legislative, administrative, and policy frameworks for the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity (2010) and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (2001).

Methodological explanations

SMTA is a mandatory contract that Contracting Parties of the International Treaty have agreed to use whenever plant genetic resources falling under the Multilateral System are made available through transfer.

Method of calculation

The indicator is calculated based on information generated through the Easy-SMTA platform. The data is the number of SMTA reported through the online system of Easy-SMTA for each country.

Unit of measure

Number

Available disaggregation

Territorial level

Republic of Serbia


Data source type and data collection methodTop
Data source

UN - International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Periodicity of data collection

Annual


NotesTop

ID of global indicatorTop

C150601


Metadata updateTop
25/6/2025

Global metadataTop

https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-15-06-01.pdf