2. Workshop program

Tuesday May 21, 2002
08:00 - 08:30: Registration of participants

Opening
08:30 - 09:00 Opening Statements by:
Welcome Address                                              Dr. Nasrat Wassimi
Assistant Director General (Research) of ICARDA Dr. Willie Erskine
FAO Resident Representative                              Mr. Ismet Hakim
USAID Representative                                         Dr. Ray Morton
Official Opening by:
H.E. The Minister of Agriculture and Livestock      Mr. Sayed Hussain Anwari

09:00 - 09:30 Coffee break

Chairperson: Mr. Ismet Hakim - Resident Representative, FAO
09:30 - 09:50 The Future Harvest Consortium to Rebuild Agriculture in Afghanistan
Willie Erskine

09:50 - 10:10 The current status of variety testing & evaluation, maintenance, quality control, and seed production in Afghanistan: An overview
Nasrat Wassimi

10:10 - 10:30 Past experiences and plans for seed system development in Afghanistan
Mr. Abdul Hadi

10:30 - 10:50 Crop improvement, local land races and plant genetic resources: an integral approach for Afghanistan
Mr. Shamsuddin Siddiqi

10:50 - 11:10 Elements of seed regulatory systems in developing countries: An overview
Sam Kugbei & Tony van Gastel

11:10 - 11:30 FAO's experience with regulatory systems and seed security programs: How are these relevant to Afghanistan?
Narindra Tunwar

11:30 - 11:50 NGO seed and plant improvement activities in Afghanistan
Kerry Jane Wilson

11:50 - 12:10 ICARDA support to the formal and informal seed sector in CWANA
Tony van Gastel, Zewdie Bishaw and Sam Kugbei

12:10 - 12:30 Guiding principles for seed-aid in post-conflict situations: The Afghanistan experience
Anthony Fitzherbert

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:40 - 15:00 Linking seed aid to long-term seed system development
Chris Pannkuk

15:00 - 15:20 Private sector views on approaching the situation in Afghanistan
Bill Gregg

15:20 - 16:50 Coffee Break

15:50 - 16:10 Fertilizer distribution and regulatory issues in post-conflict situations
Ross Everson

16:10 - 16: 30 Potato seed system development needs
Sarath Ilangantileke

16:30 - 16:50 Maize seed system development needs
Hans-Joachim Braun

16:50 - 17: 20 Preliminary Findings of the Afghanistan Seed Needs Assessment study
Bill Gregg

Wednesday May 22, 2002

08:30 - 12:00 Working Groups (10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break)
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 16:30 Working Groups (15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break)

Working Group 1: Guiding principles for seed and planting material production, distribution, importation, quarantine, seed health

Chairperson/Facilitator:      Hans-Joachim Braun (CIMMYT)
Rapporteur:                        Bill Gregg (ICARDA)/Anthony Fitzherbert (FAO)

Develop guiding principles (code of conduct, policies, rules, regulations, standards) for seed and planting material production, distribution, importation, quarantine, seed health in post-conflict situation, with special reference to Afghanistan (cereals, legumes, potatoes, horticultural crops).

Working Group 2: Guiding principles for seed system interventions in stress situations

Chairperson/Facilitator:       Kate Longley (ODI)
Rapporteur:                         Sam Kugbei (ICARDA)

Develop guiding principles for seed system support in stress situations (kinds of policies, factors to be built into interventions, what should be avoided, support for formal and farmer seed systems)

Working Group 3: From Crop improvement to seed system

Chairperson/Facilitator:     Tom Blake (ICARDA)
Rapporteur:                       Sarath Ilangantileke (CIP)

How will improved genetic material be identified and moved to farmers.

Thursday May 23, 2002
Chairperson/Facilitator:         Nasrat Wassimi & Tony van Gastel (ICARDA)
Rapporteur:                           Sam Kugbei (ICARDA)

08:30 - 09:30 Presentation and discussion of Results of Working Group 1
09:30 - 10:30 Presentation and discussion of Results of Working Group 2

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:00 Presentation of Results of Working Group 3

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch

15:00 - 16:00 Adoption of Guiding Principles for (a) the Production, Distribution and Importation of Seed and Planting Material, and (b) Sector Support Interventions

17:00 - 17:30 Closing of the workshop.