种子条约缔约国及秘书处还控制着组成国际农业研究磋商小组（CGIAR）的15家研究机构，上述研究合作机制具有全球影响力。
The Seed Treaty also brought under the control of its parties and secretariat the 15 research institutions that comprise the Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), an influential global research partnership.