Fwd: [wopubadmin] UGANDA NATIONAL DRAFT SEED POLICY

[Nancy Nandudu]

Dear all,

Below is an update on the on-going process of advocating for the development of a National Seed Policy, FYI.

Regards,

Nancy Nandudu

Information and Public Relations Officer

Africa Innovations Institute

Plot 78, Old Kira Road

P.O.Box 34981 Kampala Uganda

Tel: +256 414 530288

Mob: +256 750 015481

URL: www.afrii.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/afriinnovations

Twitter: @afr_ii

Blog: www.afrii.org/blog​

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dorothy Okello <dok...@wougnet.org>
Date: Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 8:55 AM
Subject: [wopubadmin] UGANDA NATIONAL DRAFT SEED POLICY
To: Uganda Women Public Administrators <wopub...@dgroups.org>
Cc: aguti betty <agu...@yahoo.com>

From: aguti betty <agu...@yahoo.com>
Subject: UGANDA NATIONAL DRAFT SEED POLICY


Dear Members,
 
I hope you are fine.
 
As communicated before, MAAIF conducted a validation meeting for the draft National seed policy yesterday. I am glad to inform you that Caritas Uganda/UFCOVP and other 5 CSOs (AFFIRD, PELUM, SEATINI, FRA, and AFSA), participated in the National Seed Policy Validation workshop held yesterday in Speak Resort Munyonyo.
 
I am glad to inform you that among other issues, we managed to advocate for the following;
1. Inclusion of and  acknowledgement of the over view of informal seed system in Uganda
2. Establishement of a regulatory Seed Authority
3. Conservation of local Varieties and indegenous Knowledge
4. support the development community seed banks for the local varieties
5. provide a legal framework to promote and protect farmers rights
6. support the availability and accessibility of good quality and safe seeds of the preferred varieties
7. provide clear roles and responsibilities of non-state actors in the policy implementation
enhance women participation in seed business and marketing
provide a mechanism for labeling of GMO products as a right to know
 
Concerns not responded to;
a) Issue of regulation of Biotechnology in Variety development
b) review period, we had initially suggested 5yrs but the interested parties seem to have influenced that it be reviewed after 10yrs
c)Nutrition security security is not addressed. 
 
NEXT STEPS: The draft is then going to MAAIF, then to cabinet for approval.
 
NB:I must say that the process was not easy since there were different people in the meeting,with each wanting their interest to be catered for. So we tried to give our proposals to make the law supportive to small holder farmers and people of Uganda, but I can not be so sure if those proposal will ALL be taken care of. we shall also try to keep our "eye and ears" on the ground to see if the fair draft will have our concerns. I am of the opinion that we can in our different ways and forums try to lobby cabinet members (our friends, relatives) not to pass the draft policy with gaps.
 
Regards
 
 
 
Aguti Betty Rose
Policy and Advocacy Specialist
Uganda Catholic Secretariat
Caritas Uganda
Uganda Governance and Poverty Programme (UGOPAP)
Plot 672, Hanlon Rd, Nsambya Hill
PO BOX  2886, Kampala Uganda
Tel:    041-4510338
Mob: 0782 556337/0701556333

This forum was initiated by Action for Development (ACFODE) and is maintained by WOUGNET. For any assistance in using the list, please contact techs...@wougnet.org

You are receiving this message because you are a member of the community Uganda Women Public Administrators.

View this contribution on the web site

A reply to this message will be sent to all members of Uganda Women Public Administrators.

Reply to sender | Unsubscribe

[David Ocan]

Thank you Nancy and Rose for the information and struggle. The issues concerning seed business and availability is very important to me as well as to the entire Ugandan food security and development goal.

Please keep me further updated on any future development.

Thank you.

Ocan David

Lecturer Gulu University Faculty of Agriculture and Environment

--
This forum is managed by Africa Innovations Institute (AfrII). For any assistance in using the list, please contact africaii...@gmail.com
 
You are receiving this message because you're a member of the AFRII community.
A reply to this message will be sent to all members of AFRII.
To reply to sender, send a message to nandud...@gmail.com
To unsubscribe, send an email to afriiforinnovat...@googlegroups.com
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AFRII" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to afriiforinnovat...@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.