Able to organize and operate seed cleaning, grading, packaging and storage in seed processing in store QA – Able to conduct seed moisture tests (dry if necessary) seed germination tests, etc. Able to operate and maintain seed processing equipment Able to maintain seed production and processing records lot management, – inventories, labelling, dates in-out, etc. Formal seed distributed through Seed planning deciding quantities and Ditto ditto – preferred distribution channels. where to distribute formal seed through – SEOs and CSPGs, and DPs Establishing paper trail of seed distribution figures Organizing seed distribution from Seed Processing Centres to recipients Current Skill, System and IC Scores: Good, but small scale SoL II made good Reasonable, informal (SoL II) records are Reasonable, but seed national seed – progress with component 2, and established good, but not institutionalized into a planning and coordination tends to be ad good examples of how to contract with national system within NDA&H. Rating in response to crises rather than hoc seed growers; and collect, process, package (3/5) planning for a sustainable formal seed and distribute seed. Rating (4/5) production system Some between MAF’s approach ‘conflict’ to seed production and distribution and that recommended for SoL III, in of quantities, locations, costs and efficiency. Rating (2/5) End-of-Program Outcomes: Four Seed Processing Centres established National seed production and management NDA&H able to manage national seed (2 new) for receiving, grading, drying, system fully operational production system, interpret outputs, and storing, and packing formal seed, with a respond in of decisions on seed combined capacity of approximately 175 quantity, quality, production and processing Mt per year sites, distribution targets and volumes, and distribution mechanisms Production of 100 Mt of formal maize seed, 50 Mt of rice seed, 25 Mt of peanut seed, 600,000 sweet potato cuttings, and 600,000 cassava canes per year Formal seed and planting material effectively and efficiently distributed to CSPGs and farmers
Able to organize and operate seed cleaning, grading, packaging and storage in seed processing – in store QA Able to conduct seed moisture tests (dry if necessary) seed germination tests, etc. Able to operate and maintain seed processing equipment Able to maintain seed production and processing records – lot management, inventories, labelling, dates in-out, etc. Formal seed distributed through preferred distribution channels. Seed planning – deciding quantities and where to distribute formal seed – through SEOs and CSPGs, and DPs Establishing paper trail of seed distribution figures Organizing seed distribution from Seed Processing Centres to recipients Ditto ditto Current Skill, System and IC Scores: Good, but small scale – SoL II made good progress with component 2, and established good examples of how to contract with seed growers; and collect, process, package and distribute seed. Rating (4/5) Reasonable, informal (SoL II) records are good, but not institutionalized into a national system within NDA&H. Rating (3/5) Reasonable, but seed national seed planning and coordination tends to be ad hoc in response to crises rather than planning for a sustainable formal seed production system Some ‘conflict’ between MAF’s approach to seed production and distribution and that recommended for SoL III, in of quantities, locations, costs and efficiency. Rating (2/5) End-of-Program Outcomes: Four Seed Processing Centres established (2 new) for receiving, grading, drying, storing, and packing formal seed, with a combined capacity of approximately 175 Mt per year Production of 100 Mt of formal maize seed, 50 Mt of rice seed, 25 Mt of peanut seed, 600,000 sweet potato cuttings, and 600,000 cassava canes per year Formal seed and planting material effectively and efficiently distributed to CSPGs and farmers National seed production and management system fully operational NDA&H able to manage national seed production system, interpret outputs, and respond in of decisions on seed quantity, quality, production and processing sites, distribution targets and volumes, and distribution mechanisms
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