Contact details
Address: Ghammieri Government Farm, Ngiered Road-Marsa-MRS 3303-Malta
Legal Status: Public Entity 0
Website [1]
Material
Animal
Cattle | X | Maltese cow | Partridge | ||
Chicken | X | Maltese chicken | Pheasant | ||
Duck | Pig | ||||
Goat | X | Maltese goat | Pigeon | ||
Goose (domestic) | Quail | ||||
Guinea fowl | Rabbit | X | Wild rabbit | ||
Horse | Turkey |
Other(s): Maltese sheep
Plant
Cereals | X | Vetch, chickpeas, sulla, wheat, barley, cikkarda | Potatoes | ||
Grasses | Beets (sugar, fodder) | ||||
Legumes | X | french beans | Oil crops | ||
Fibre crops | Vine | ||||
Vegetables | X | watermelons, melons, tomatoes, longmarrows, vegetable marrows, cauliflowers | Fruits | X | pears, apples, bambinella, plums, pomegranate, kumquat, nectarines, peaches, oranges, sweet and sour almonds |
Ornamental crops | Model plants (arabidospsis, medigaco spp, etc.) |
Other(s): cotton
Type of material maintained:
Modern breeds and varieties | Traditional breeds and varieties | Populations | Other(s) |
X |
Type of material stored:
Living collections | Sperm | Egg cells | Seeds | Tissue cultures | Cells | Other(s) |
X | X |
Collection description:
Date of start of the collection/population: 1991 – 2000
Expected period of maintenance of the collection (in years): > 25
Size of the collection (number of breeds): 6
Percentage of female animals: 75%
Evolution of the size of the collection (last 10 years): ↗ < 20%
Objectives and identity
Geographic origin of the material in the collection: EU
Population management:
- ex situ
- on-farm
Objective of maintaining the collection/population:
Conservation | Research | Breeding | Training | Awareness raising | Other(s) |
X | X | X | X | X |
Activities
Management
Use of available technical guidelines (e.g. FAO) | No |
Use of unique identifier | No |
Use of a documentation system | Yes Gov official documentation |
Collection as part of a larger documentation system | Other: N/A |
Document passport data | No |
Other(s) | N/A |
Duplication of material and documentation
Testing
Viability testing of stored material: | No |
Diagnosis of the presence of pests and diseases, or contaminations: | Frequently |
Transgene detection: | No |
Regeneration/multiplication: | No |
Molecular analysis (e.g. DNA sequencing or fingerprinting): | No |
Evaluation of useful traits: | No |
Overall viability level of your collection
Average:
Storage conditions of the collection
- Living field bank
- Living population(s)
Access and distribution conditions
Providers | Recipients |
No written agreement | No written agreement |
Distribution of material (per year)
Budget and funding
Yearly budget for the collection (in euros): < 10,000
Funding sources (in %)
National government | 100% |