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National Seed Policy

Country/Territory
Uganda
Document type
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Agricultural development Policy/planning Plant variety Planting material/seeds Plant production
Geographical area
Africa, AFRICA FAO, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Countries, Least Developed Countries
Abstract

This Policy provides the framework for enhancing the performance of the seed sub-sector in Uganda. It comes off the back of the National Agriculture Policy (2013) which was aimed at improving commercial agriculture in the country by utilizing high quality seeds and other agricultural inputs. To guide, promote, develop and regulate the seed sub-sector in order to ensure availability, accessibility and affordability of safe and high quality seed to all stakeholders for increased food and nutrition security, household income, wealth creation and higher export earnings, and the objectives include; to strengthen research and development for the seed sector, to strengthen capacity of the key players along the seed value chain to achieve an effective and efficient seed sector, to strengthen the seed quality control system along the entire value chain, and to enhance knowledge and information management for the seed sector. In Uganda, the seed sub-sector comprises of the formal and informal systems; the former being used to describe public and private sector-led systems which create reliable seed supply system for farmers, and the latter, accounting for a whopping 85% of seed planted is used to describe seed obtained from informal sources like farm-saved seed, local markets and social networks. The plan is to lead a transition from the subsistence production to a market-oriented agricultural production, through the adoption of high quality seeds, thus commercializing the informal sector. This will ensure that Uganda competes favourably in the regional and international seed market. During the implementation of the plan, certain cross-cutting issues are to be considered including intellectual property rights issues, environment and natural resource protection and conservation, gender and development and climate change. The plan is to be implemented through a comprehensive strategy set up by the government to involve both public and private stakeholders in a sector wide approach.

Full text
English
Website
agriculture.go.ug