Strengthening early generation seed production and delivery systems in Uganda

Stakeholders who participated in the meeting. Photo: R Nakabaggwe and Hellen Opie, NaSARRI/NAROKey stakeholders in Early Generation Seed (EGS) production and delivery systems in Uganda met recently to introduce activities conducted with the aim of implementing business models for EGS production in the country. They also deliberated on steps needed to pilot/scale the EGS business model for sorghum and finger millet in Uganda. As a means to tackle the challenge of inadequate EGS supply in Africa, the Integrated Seed Sector Development Africa project, which organized the above meeting, is trying to implement business models in EGS production, led by ICRISAT. The goal is to explore EGS supply initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to reveal best practices as well as bottlenecks and eventually generate ideas for designing and piloting models that can work in specific contexts. The stakeholders met at the National Semi-Arid Resources Research Institute (NaSARRI) of the ...