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characterization and evaluation data, and some initial information processing, i.e.,
prebreeding (Hammer, 1995). Therefore, the expenditures for documentation and
evaluation as well as elements of the public breeding activities were integrated in
the calculations.
In addition to expenditures for conservation and partly for breeding, the
institutional expenditures were integrated into the calculations. These mainly
consist of expenditures for IGR and the Federal Office of Plant Varieties (BSA).
Table 6.4. German domestic expenditures for the conservation management ofPGRFA in 1995
Origin of expenditures
Itemized
Total
Portion of total
expenditures in expenditures
expenditures in
[US $ '000]
[US $ '000]
[%]
Genebanks:
4,140
4
IPK (Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop 3,450
Plant Research)
BGRC (Braunschweig Genetic Resources 690
Center)
Conservation management in plant
51,164
45
breeding:
BAZ (Federal Center for Breeding
30,360
Research on Cultivated Plants)
MPI (Max Planck Institutes)
13,800
Research in Genetic Engineering
2,864
Federal Research Center for Forestry
4,140
Institutional expenditures for conservation
34,673
31
management:
IGR (Information Center of Genetic
173
Resources)
BSA (Federal Office of Plant Varieties)
34,500
Financial support for PGRFA related
23,238
21
Projects
Domestic expenditures total:
113,215
Source:
compiled according to data from Oetmann, 1996