Ukraine

Project Name: Short term mission to share experience in how to strengthen all essential components in an integrated seed industry in Central Asia.

Name of Client:  Ministry of Agriculture and the Academy of Agriculture, Kiev

Period: September 2008

Value of project (in millions US$):  0.01 M

Key Experts: Rutger Persson, International Seed Expert, Svalof Consulting   

                    Larisa Gustavsson, Co-ordinator/Researcher SLU                   

The objective of the mission was to share the Swedish experience in “seed industry development” with the Ministry of Agriculture, agriculture and seed sector and establish a closer professional links between the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU/LTJ), Svalof Consulting and Ukrainian counterparts in strengthening their seed industry, training plant breeders and senior professional staff from the Ukrainian seed industry at SLU in Alnarp , Sweden. The Swedish model how to strengthen all the links in the seed chain and create favourable conditions for the private sector to prosper was discussed with regards to:

·         Strengthening the legal/regulatory framework for varieties and seeds and the technical procedures which support that framework

·         Strengthening the capacity of breeding institutions to manage and supply early generation seed of their varieties, as a key support to the formal seed sector

·         Strengthening the capacity of seed companies to operate more efficiently in a market environment, through a locally based training programme for their staff.

·         Strengthening the whole seed and value chain, in environmental perspective