Kyrgyzstan

 

 

 

 

 

Projects:

  1. Support to Seed Industry Development in Kyrgyz Republic 
May 2007 – December 2010
  2. Support to Seed Sector Development in Kyrgyz Republic 
December 2003 – April 2007
  3. Support to Seed Industry Development in Kyrgyz Republic 
December 2000 – November 2003

1. Support to Seed Industry Development in Kyrgyz Republic

Name of Client: Sida

Period: May 2007 – December 2010

Value of project (in millions US$): 2.3 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 Kyrgyzstan which works according to internationally accepted standards, enabling it to produce and market high quality seeds of improved varieties for Kyrgyz farmers, while re-activating exports. Thespecific 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, rationalization and restructuring.
  • Enhance output, quality, financial performance and competitiveness of seed farms/companies, by improving theirproduction, processing, marketing and management practices.
  • Make available quality seed or rootstocks of priority crops by strengthening the market-driven seed supply chain.
  • Assist the public and emerging private plant breeding programs to implement a plant breeding program (developedtogether with SLU) with the aim of producing modern commercial varieties of the priority crops wheat, cotton and lucerne 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 Seed Sector Development in Kyrgyz Republic 

Name of Client: Sida

Period: December 2003 – April 2007

Value of project (in millions US$): 2.2 M

Name of lead company: Scanagri, Sweden

Key Experts:

  • Rutger Persson, Team Leader
  • Arne Hede, Deputy Team Leader

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT:

  • To create a seed sector in Kyrgyzstan which works according to internationally accepted standards, enabling it to produce high quality seeds of improved varieties for Kyrgyz farmers, while re-activating exports. 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, rationalization and restructuring.
  • Raise the operational standards of certification and quality control services to international OECD, ISTA and ISF standards.
  • Improve seed farms’ management practices and techniques 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.

 

3. Support to Seed Industry Development in Kyrgyz Republic

Name of Client: TACIS

Period: September 2000 – November 2003

Value of project (in millions US$): 1.5 M

Name of lead company: Scanagri, Sweden

Key Experts:

Rutger Persson, Team Leader

Per Andersson, Technical Director and Seed Certification Expert

 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT:

Strengthen the institutional and regulatory structures and services relating to the seed industry through a process of capacity enhancement, rationalisation and restructuring. Improve the operational standards of the certification, variety and quality control services. Make available a range of quality seeds and rootstocks for other