World Information Sharing Mechanism on GPA
 
Background   WIEWS   Global Plan of Action   AGP - Seeds and Plant Genetic Resources   International Treaty   Commission on GRFA   Global Crop Diversity Trust   FAO
 
 
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Under the WISH-GPA database there are at present more than 110,000 answers to the questions of the reporting format for monitoring the implementation of the 20 priority activity areas of the Global Plan of Action. These answers have been provided by more than 1,000 stakeholders from the 64 countries, where the National Information Sharing Mechanism has been established. Most of these answers cross-reference a common knowledge base whose content is summarized in the table below.
Number of records
Organizations> 18,200 
Contact Persons> 21,300 
Projects> 15,600>11,000 with description
Publications> 23,500>17,700 with abstract
Cultivars> 60,700~10,000 with description
 
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