The ISSD Plus project runs from 2016 to 2020 and builds on the previous ISSD 1project which ran from 2012 to 2016. The goal of the ISSD Plus project is to contribute to increased incomes of smallholder farmer households and improved household food and nutrition security. Moreover, the project aims to strengthen the seed sector institutions and environment. The project goals will be realized through increased productivity of field and vegetable crops and project outcomes and outputs are organized in four components.

The project has several components along the seed value chain (Figure 1). The early generation seed (EGS) component aims to address bottlenecks in early generation seed. The Quality Declared Seed (QDS) works to increase supply of quality seed in Uganda through local seed businesses. The uptake component aims to stimulate awareness and demand for quality seed among smallholder farmers. These three components complement each other, working on both the demand and supply side. The components also address the overall enabling environment. The project also has a specific vegetable seed component, working on vegetable sector development.

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