Programme goals and development objectives
To contribute to increased food security and nutrition and poverty alleviation in Africa, through the establishment of effective and efficient seed systems and enhanced application of biotechnologies and methodologies within the seed sector.
In support of the Programme goal the following objectives will be pursued:
- Enhanced national capacity for improved seed production, multiplication and distribution to better supply farmers with high quality seed that enables them to respond to changing environmental conditions and market demands.
- Improved seed quality assurance procedures in place to ensure sustained production and distribution of high quality seed to farmers.
- Strengthened linkages between the formal and informal seed sectors to better understand and respond to farmer needs, including small-scale and women farmers.
- Effective seed policies and regulations in place to enable and promote increased seed trade among African nations.
- Enhanced capacity for the conservation and sustainable use and development of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, to ensure adapted crop varieties are available to meet future farmer needs.
- Increased capacity to utilize tools of biotechnology to enhance plant breeding and high quality seed production.
- Increased capacity to implement biosafety measures in relation to seed production and distribution and plant genetic improvement, to protect human health and the environment.
- Establishment of model codes of conduct for seed used in emergency situations.
