Integrated Seed Sector Development in Ethiopia
Ethiopia and the Netherlands are committed partners in seed sector development. Building on Ethiopian seed sector transformation, planning is underway to strengthen and broaden this partnership and enable mutually beneficial business and trade. With nutrition top of the agenda, ISSD Ethiopia facilitated a recent scoping mission to frame the challenges and opportunities ahead. Read more
ISSD’s Oromia South & West Unit facilitated a two-day workshop aimed at highlighting ways to improve cooperation and coordination between SPCs and seed unions. Read more
ISSD facilitated a recent training which focused on supporting farmers who have mobilised and formed new cooperatives. Read more
ISSD invests in developing local seed businesses that are technically equipped, market oriented, professionally organised and strategically linked. A recent study highlighted the lasting impact the programme’s activities has had on their viability, generating lessons for further support to seed producing cooperatives. Read more
Download and read the latest developments and achievements by ISSD’s Tigray Unit, with this month’s focus on partnerships
Download and read the latest developments from ISSD’s Unit in Oromia East. Read more
Ethiopian seed sector stakeholders, supported by ISSD Ethiopia, have been transforming the national seed sector. Their successes have not gone unnoticed and during a recent international workshop held at the ILRI campus in Addis Ababa, ISSD Ethiopia shared its lessons learned, hoping to inspire similar transformations in other countries. Read more
