Tajikistan
PROJECTS:
1. Support to Seed Industry Development in Tajikistan May 2007 –
2. Support to the Seed Industry Development in Tajikistan April 2004 – April 2007
1. Support to Seed Industry Development in Tajikistan
Name of Client: Sida
Period: May 2007 –
Value of project (in millions US$): 6.4 M
Name of lead company: NIRAS Sweden AB
Key Experts:
Rutger Persson, Team Leader
Arne Hede, Deputy Team Leader
Michael Turner, Seed Policy and Seed Industy Expert
Per Andersson, Technical Director and Seed Training Expert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT:
To create a seed sector in Tajikistan which works according to internationally accepted standards, enabling it to produce and market high-quality seed of modern varieties, in a limited number of priority crops for Tajik farmers. The specific objectives for sub-component A are to:
Strengthen institutional and regulatory structures and services relating to the seed industry, through a process of capacity enhancement, rationalisation and restructuring.
Raise the operational standards of variety testing and plant quarantine services to international standards.
Improve seed production, processing and marketing practices and techniques in order to improve output and quality as well as operational and financial performance
Make available quality seeds or rootstocks of priority crops by strengthening the marked-driven seed supply chain.
Assist the public and emerging private plant breeding programs to implement a plant breeding program (developed together with SLU) with the aim of producing modern commercial varieties of the priority crops wheat, cotton and lucern and esparcet.
Assist the MoA, institutes and other actors in formulating a strategy (developed together with SLU) for the future sustainable structure of plant breeding.
Assist and engage a new generation of plant breeders, in close contact with the SLU-TAU cooperation for higher education in plant breeding.
2. Support to the Seed Industry Development in Tajikistan
Name of Client: Sida
Period: April 2004 – April 2007
Value of project (in millions US$): 3.6 M
Name of lead company: Scanagri, Sweden
Key Experts:
Rutger Persson, Team Leader
Arne Hede, Deputy Team Leader
Per Andersson, Technical Support
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT:
To create a seed sector in Tajikistan which works according to internationally accepted standards, enabling it to produce high-quality seed of improved varieties for Tajik farmers. The specific objectives for sub-component A are to:
Strengthen institutional and regulatory structures and services relating to the seed industry, through a process of capacity enhancement, rationalisation and restructuring.
Raise the operational standards of certification and quality control services to international OECD, ISTA, UPOV and ISF standards.
Improve management practices and techniques on seed farms in order to improve output and quality as well as operational and financial performance.
Improve seed processing and marketing services so as to create a competitive situation in which farms have a choice.
Make available quality seed or rootstocks of other crops while improving production and marketing (refers to non-cereal crops).
The specific objective for sub-component B is to develop and implement a plant breeding program, with the aim of producing new commercial varieties in a few selected crops and attracting a new generation of plant breeders.