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Global Crop Diversity TrustGlobal Crop Diversity Trust does businessdoes business

The Global Crop what?The Global Crop what?The Global Crop what?The Global Crop what?

• Global• Crop• Diversity• Trust

The Global Crop what?The Global Crop what?The Global Crop what?The Global Crop what?

• Crop• Diversity• Global• Trust

Aimak Dzangaliev

Country Dependency

China 46% to 55%

Colombia 84% to 94%

Cuba 87% to 97%

Ethiopia 28% to 56%

Germany 83% to 98%

India 35% to 47%

Iraq 83% to 89%

Nicaragua 62% to 75%

Niger 13% to 27%

Nigeria 46% to 61%

Papua New Guinea 76% to 100%

Philippines 28% to 38%

Republic of Congo 82% to 94%

Rwanda 80% to 94%

United States 84% to 99%

Distribution

Data management

Regeneration

Research

Viability testing

Storage

Acquisition

Lots of acronymsLots of acronymsLots of acronymsLots of acronyms

• Established under international law in Oct. 2004• Public-private partnership• Joint initiative of FAO and Bioversity on behalf of

CGIAR Centres• Endowment fund with target $260 million, generating

$12 million/year, in perpetuity now stands at $80 million

• Essential element of the funding strategy of ITPGRFA• Technical framework provided by the GPA

The visionThe visionThe visionThe vision

A rational global systemfor the efficient and effective

conservation and use of crop diversity

GovernanceGovernanceGovernanceGovernance

• Executive Director – Cary Fowler• Executive Board• Donors’ Council• Constitution• Headquarters Agreement with Italian Government• MoU with International Treaty on Plant Genetic

Resources for Food and Agriculture

What do we do?What do we do?What do we do?What do we do?

• Long-term support to key collections• Rescue threatened collections• Safety duplication• Rationalization• Targeted research• Information management• Fund raising

Who are our partners?Who are our partners?Who are our partners?Who are our partners?

• National genebanks• International genebanks• Research institutions

• Bilateral funding agencies

• Private sector

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