Institutionalising the seed sub-sector

Established 250 active local seed business groups across 63 districts in the country with a total of 4,220 seed entrepreneurs (53% of them being female). This was in the North, South Western Highlands, West Nile, South West, East and Western Highlands regions of Uganda.
Supported MAAIF in decentralising seed ﬁeld inspection to district local governments (DLGs) and training 233 district agricultural oﬃcers (DAOs) and sub-county agricultural oﬃcers (AOs) in Quality Declared Seed (QDS) ﬁeld inspections.
Facilitated MAAIF to launch use of the blue and green tamperproof labels for certiﬁed seed and Quality Declared Seed respectively.
Supported NARO in transforming basic seed production systems into stronger business-oriented and market-oriented systems for sustainability through setting up the;

i) National basic seed enterprise model implemented
by Seed for Seeds (S4S) (U) LTD;

ii) ZARDI-led basic seed business model; and

iii) LSB-led basic seed business model

LSB farmers in Kigezi zone tending to their seed potato ﬁeld

District Agricultural Oﬃcer monitoring progress of a soybean QDS ﬁeld in Rwenzori zone

QDS tamperproof label

Basic seed processing plant for S4S (U) Ltd