Key Priorities for Intervention in Uganda’s Seed Industry
A competitive seed sector is key to ensuring timely availability of high quality seeds of improved varieties at affordable prices to smallholder farmers in Uganda. The Africa Seed Access Index (TASAI) is a seed industry research initiative that seeks to encourage public policymakers to create and maintain enabling environments that will accelerate the development of competitive formal seed systems serving smallholder farmers. Previous TASAI Uganda studies have been conducted in 2013/14 and 2015/16. This document is informed by the findings of the most recent study conducted in 2018. With a focus on four grain and legume crops important to food security in Uganda — maize, beans, millet, and sorghum — the TASAI Uganda research covered 20 indicators divided into the following categories: Research and Development, Industry Competitiveness, Seed Policy and Regulations, Institutional Support, and Service to Smallholder Farmers. The study revealed several opportunities the sector. Aggregate seed sales have increased by about 80% between 2015 and 2017, an indicator of a vibrant private sector. In addition, the process to import and export seed is well-defined and efficient. Lastly, the initiative to establish a private seed company, NARO Holdings Ltd, to specialize in the production of all classes of early generation seed is very positive. If well managed, the company would respond to the seed companies’ challenge of inadequate foundation seed.
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| Format: | Report biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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The African Seed Access Index (TASAI)
2018-07
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| Subjects: | seed systems, smallholders, grain legumes, food security, production, policies, beans, maize, sorghum, |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/96620 |
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