standard material transfer agreement (smta)
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Standard Material Transfer Agreement (SMTA). What is an SMTA?. Developed by International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food & Agriculture (the Treaty) under the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Standard Material Transfer Agreement(SMTA)
Access to PGRFA is via the SMTA, a legally-binding contract with pre-negotiated terms under the Treaty.
Developed by International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food & Agriculture (the Treaty) under the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
What is an SMTA?
SMTA must accompany each transfer of covered PGRFA materials
The Treaty establishes a multilateral system for facilitated access to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) and sharing benefits arising from their use
What is covered by an SMTA?
Over 60 food & feed crops listed in Annex 1 of the Treaty.
PGRFA in the International Agricultural Research Center Collections
PGRFA ex situ collections under management and control of national governments and in the public domain
PGRFA donated or availableto the multilateral system by public or private entities
What does the SMTA NOT cover?
Crops not listed in Annex 1 of the Treaty
Chemical, pharmaceutical or other non-food or non-feed uses of Annex I crops
Public collections not under the management and control of national governments and in the public domain, or private collections
PGRFA found in situ
What are the SMTA rules?
Transfer of PGRFA covered by the SMTA must be reported to the International Treaty
All non-confidential information resulting from
using PGRFA must be made available to the MLS
Research & breeding materials that incorporate PGRFA must be exchanged under the terms of the SMTA
The full text of the SMTA is available at ftp://ftp.fao.org/ag/agp/planttreaty/agreements/smta/SMTAe.pdf
ONP authorization is requiredto place SMTA material in the
National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS)
Check with your RL, National Program Leader (NPL) & TTC
In general, PGRFA accompanied by the SMTA are not incorporated into ARS
breeding programs
Check with your RL, National Program Leader (NPL) & TTC if exceptions are sought
Seedlings bred from publically available germplasm (ARS germplasm) crossed with germplasm covered by the SMTA becomes SMTA-covered germplasm
If an ARS breeding program incorporates germplasm covered by the SMTA, then it is not publically available without restrictions
SY contacts TTC; TTC sends SMTA to OTT for processing
OTT signs with NPL approval
SY / RL / NPL decide if SMTA materialshould be used
What is the procedure for seeking permission to use SMTA material in an ARS breeding program?
TTC send approvedSMTA to SY
If germplasm/cultivar is released that incorporates SMTA germplasm, that is stated in any release or distribution notice