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quality assurance. The three-year plan is to
What has been ac hiev ed so f ar qualit y assur ance. The t hr ee- y ear p lan is t o
What has been achieved so far
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train 15000 individuals, however, 1168 indi-
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1. Q uantit y (M T) of seed certified aft er
1. Quantity (MT) of seed certified after
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viduals have been trained and the achieve-
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laboratory analysis
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ment so f ar is 7 9%.
ment so far is 79%.
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The target over the project lifetime is
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spection tracking system
spection tr ac king syst em
a v ailab le t o f ar mers. H o w ev er , what has
available to farmers. However, what has
The project will support the electronic net-
The pr oject will support t he electr onic net -
ar is 1
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been ac
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been achieved so far is 161829MT (i.e. w or k of all r egional r egulat or y bodies inc lud -
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work of all regional regulatory bodies includ-
ing their laboratories and that of the Min-
76. 9% ac hiev ement). ing t heir labor at ories and t hat of t he Min -
76.9% achievement).
istry of Agriculture (MOA). This will enable
2. Number of seed varieties verified for
2. Number of seed v arieties v erified f or istr y of Agricultur e (MO A). This will enab le
mation
hange inf
he institutions t
or
t the institutions to exchange information
o exc
elease
r
release
on certified and r
on certified and rejected seeds, which will
h will
eject
ed seeds, whic
The t ar get f or t his is 2 04 new v arieties
The target for this is 204 new varieties
finally improve quality seed supply. To em-
finally impr o v e qualit y seed supp ly . T o em -
in three years to be released and regis-
in t hr ee y ears t o be r eleased and r egis -
bark upon this installation of ICT equipment,
b ar k upon t his inst allation of ICT equipment,
ed so
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t tered and what has been achieved so development of software becomes crucial.
ed and what has been ac
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elopment of soft
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f far is 111 new varieties. However, the implementation of such plan
arieties.
is behind schedule.
is behind sc hedule.
ganizing po
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3. Organizing policy advocacy and
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3.
r oundt ab le discussions
roundtable discussions
The Sasak
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a Africa Association
2. 2. The Sasakawa Africa Association
S upport t o or ganiz e tr aining and a w ar e -
Support to organize training and aware-
(SAA): three-decades of service to
(SAA): t hr ee-decades of ser vice t o
ness creation on seed legislation for public,
ness cr eation on seed legislation f or pub lic,
Et hiopian agricultur e
Ethiopian agriculture
private, union and legal personnel. The tar-
pri v at e, union and legal personnel. The t ar -
oduction
Intr
get f or t his is 12 00 indi viduals and what has Introduction
get for this is 1200 individuals and what has
been achieved so far is 885. The achieve-
been ac hiev ed so f ar is 885 . The ac hiev e - The Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA), for-
ment in per cent age is 7 4% merly known as Sasakawa Global 2000 (SG
ment in percentage is 74%
4. O r ganizinge short -t er m local tr ain - 2000), began operations in Ethiopia in 1993
4. Organizinge short-term local train-
with the aim of supporting Ethiopia’s efforts
ings for individual of private seed pro-
ings f or indi vidual of pri v at e seed pr o -
to increase agricultural production by cat-
ducer or ot her p art y in v o lv ed in seed
ducer or other party involved in seed
alyzing technology transfer, strengthening
business.
business.
extension service capacity, and revitalizing
vided f
upport pr
o
acit
y building
S Support provided for capacity building
or cap
the link between research and extension.
v
at
ors, pri
or seed inspect
aining f
e seed
tr
training for seed inspectors, private seed
SAA efforts began with the establishment
pr oducers, seed ent er prises and unions on
producers, seed enterprises and unions on
of only 161 Extension Management Training
T oget her w e can mak e a diff er ence!
T
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