First prize winner © Rob Williams- Seeds of Life
(Tetum)One of the channels used to showcase the progress of agriculture development in Timor-Leste during the TimorAg2016 conference held in Hotel Novo Turismo from April 13 to 14 was through the presentation of displays from each Municipal Seed Team to illustrate their Municipal Seed System. Everyone who viewed the displays was awed and inspired by the way each municipal team rose to the challenge! (more…)
(Tetun) Local production of improved maize, rice and peanut seed will get a boost this 2014-15 cropping season following the registration of 27 new commercial seed producers (CSP) by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) in late 2014.
This brings total CSPs to 58 nationwide, adding to the previous 31 CSPs registered in 2013 under the National Seed System for Released Varieties (NSRV). (more…)
(Tetum) Timor-Leste’s first National Seed Council (NSC) has been formed with the appointment of 15 representatives from the seed sector at an inaugural meeting last week.
The Council, established as an independent national seed authority, met on Wednesday 3 September to discuss its mandate as managers of the National Seed System and guardians of the National Seed Policy. (more…)
(Tetum) Twelve farmers’ associations in Baucau, Lautem and Viqueque received their official MAF Seed Department registration certificates qualifying them as Commercial Seed Producers (CSPs) last week, bringing the total of registered producers nationwide to 31.
That’s a 10 times expansion of the three initial CSPs licensed to produce seed last cropping. (more…)
