+44 3308180992Seeds play a key role in human history and agriculture. Seed system in Ethiopia represents the entire complex organizational, ins titutional and individual operations associated with the development, multiplication, processing, storage, distribution and marketing of seed in the country. It can be divided into two broad types formal and informal seed system. The Ethiopian seed policy was first formulated in 1992 and have an objective of Ensure the plant genetic resources collection, conservation, evaluation and use in addition it has a function of Regulate seed quality standard import and export, seed trade quarantine. Policy and regul atory constraints that have seen in Ethiopia seed system are relevant laws and regulations have not been revisited and amended and inefficiency of the executing agencies. seed legislation is important to protect the farmer not to buy pore quality seed this achieved by Seed certification and quality assurance, variety evaluation release and registration system, seed import and export documentation procedure. To import the seed, take the import permit from animal and plant health regulatory directorate of the MOARD to gathers with phytosanitary certificate certificate.
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