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FAO (AGP) Plant Production and Protection Division Seed Group Presentation

FAO (AGP) Plant Production and Protection Division Seed Group Presentation. Presentation Overview. Global Activities: World Seed Conference follow up Hortivar UG99 Activities in the Regions Africa Asia Pacific Central America Europe. FAO Global Activities .

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FAO (AGP) Plant Production and Protection Division Seed Group Presentation

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  1. FAO (AGP) Plant Production and Protection Division Seed Group Presentation

  2. Presentation Overview • Global Activities: • World Seed Conference follow up • Hortivar • UG99 • Activities in the Regions • Africa • Asia Pacific • Central America • Europe

  3. FAO Global Activities • Seed Security assessment: Haiti and S Sudan • Seed Posters • Follow up from World Seed Conference with ISF, OECD, UPOV and ISTA • Hortivar: a web based on database of Varieties by the horticulture group that needs to be promoted through the seed sector • UG99: Wheat stem rust that is a threat to wheat production • Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) • Collaboration of CIMMYT, ICARDA, Cornell University, FAO and scientists and national programmes around the world • FAO role on surveillance, contingency planning and seed delivery systems, FFS

  4. Regional Seed Activities in Africa • CEMAC(EconomicCommunity of Central Africa ) SeedHarmonization Process: Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Gabon, Central AfricanRepublic and Equatorial Guinea • Technical negotiations complete for 13 priority crops • Pilot Seed Information System: Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Mali • Seed Policy & regulations, and procedures for seed import and export, seed sector statistics, seed availability

  5. National Seed Activities in Africa • Regional Project to Boost Rice Production in Côte d’Ivoire Mali Mauritania Niger and Sénégal • Burkina Faso • Mozambique • Sierra Leone • Madagascar • South Sudan

  6. Seed Activities in the Asia Pacific • APSA: Seed Quality and Phytosanitary Standards • ECO Seed Association first AGM 2-4 Dec 2009:10 member countries of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) region comprise Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. • National Projects • Afghanistan • Cambodia • Myanmar

  7. FAO Seed Activities in Central America • Regional Seed Project in CAC (Consejo Agropecuario Centroamericano) • Belice, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua

  8. FAO Seed Activities in Europe • Regional Seed Conference with Central and Eastern Europe, 24-26 November 2009: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russian Federation and Ukraine.

  9. The Road Ahead to Seed Security

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