Multi-Crop Passport Descriptors

Year launched
:2001
Multi-Crop Passport Descriptors homepage
Home institute(s)
: Bioversity International, FAO
Funders
: FAO
Project history
:
    Jointly developed by FAO and IPGRI/Bioversity, first released in 2001 and updated in 2012 to reflect emerging needs including increased use of GPS technologies and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
Functionality
: Descriptors
Domain
: ,
Data type(s)
: , ,
Documentation
: https://www.bioversityinternational.org/e-library/publications/detail/faobioversity-multi-crop-passport-descriptors-v21-mcpd-v21/
Standards used
: Bioversity Crop Descriptor Lists, FAO-WIEWS (institution codes)
Intellectual property (IP)
: ,
System update procedures
: Updated by FAO/Bioversity specialists
User training options
: Guidebooks
Data system type
: ,
Current users
: anyone exchanging crop germplasm
Reference organism
: Bioversity Descriptor List Crops