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Strengthening of the Seed Certification and Regulatory Agency in Sierra Leone - TCP/SIL/3807

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Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 9

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Category Factsheet

Synopsis (short abstract) The project had three outputs, all of which were achieved. The project initiated the development of the national seed policy for Sierra Leone in February 2023. This was done in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture (MAFS) Furthermore, a national consultant was hired to complete the following: initiate the process and create the “2009 National Seed Policy (NSP)” presentation to the National Steering Committee (NSC), to justify the need for its review, and obtain NSC approval in February 2023, which was when the first inception meeting was held together with members of the steering committee, where the 2009 NSP was presented together with the Project Document for the revised seed policy by the seed policy consultant.To review and validate the draft seed policy and review seed regulatory standards the following was achieved: i) meeting to present the “2009 NSP”, including participants such as the SLeSCA Executive Director, the SLeSCA Project Officer, FAO, and an international seed policy consultant; ii) concept notes prepared and shared in order to guide on the organization of the provincial consultative meetings and the collection of relevant information necessary for the review of the “2009 NSP”, as requested by the international seed policy consultant; and iii) an implementation plan for the organization of provincial consultative meetings of national key seed stakeholders was prepared, as recommended in the meeting, with the main objective to discuss the issues and challenges in elements of the “2009 NSP” and options to resolve them.

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