SEED SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

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The Seed Systems Development Project will contribute to the national goal of increased agricultural production and productivity by laying the foundation for the development of a broad-based and competitive seed industry which draws its strength both from the formal and the informal seed system. The project supports Seed Policy Reform, through each of its two components. The components are : (a) Seed Enterprise Development; and (b) Capacity Building. The first component supports (i) the development of the informal seed sector; (ii) encourages private sector entry into the formal business; and supports (iii) the restructuring of the Ethiopian Seed Enterprise from a centrally managed parastatal to a decentralized and commercially oriented enterprise. The second component involves: (i) institutional strengthening; and (ii) human resource development, both in the formal and the informal sector.