IRRI - Genetic Resources Center - Interim Material Transfer Agreement

When the Treaty was adopted, the CGRFA accepted a call for an immediate revision of the original MTA to improve its compliance with the Treaty. The Interim MTA was the result, prepared by the CGRFA. All CGIAR institutes with In Trust collections started using the revised text on 2003 May 1, as an Interim MTA, pending development of the standard MTA by the Governing Body of the Treaty

The interim MTA is no longer in use for cultivated and wild species of the genus Oryza.

Starting 2007 January 1, we now use the new Standard MTA developed by the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

The interim MTA continues to be used for germplasm of other species that was held in the genebank at IRRI in trust under the auspices of the FAO

The Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is required to review and amend this MTA at its second meeting (in November 2007). So by 2008 we should stop using the Interim MTA for these materials too, and start using a new MTA that has not yet been devised.

[Requesting germplasm] [IPR policy]

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	Interim Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) for germplasm designated In Trust under the auspices of the FAO