This report provides an up-to-date overview of the global status of ex situ conservation of genetic resources of barley and its wild relatives, including key metrics on:
- the identity and composition of genebank collections;
- the Multilateral System (MLS) status of accessions in these collections;
- storage, regeneration, and safety duplication status;
- documentation, information systems, and research resources;
- germplasm distribution; and
- varietal registrations and releases.
The report also includes global statistics on crop production, trade, and availability in food supplies, as well as information about crop networks and partnerships. It is meant to provide an update to some of the information presented in the Global Conservation Strategy for barley (Crop Trust, 2008), but is primarily based on publicly available datasets, rather than a new survey of genetic resource collec- tions and expert consultations.