Official Newsletter of the WANA Seed Network
No. 32,
January 2007
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This section presents information on the WANA Seed Network, including network activities and reports of the meetings of the Steering Committee and the WANA Seed Council.
Second International Seed Trade Conference for CWANA Region
Preparations for the Second International Seed Trade Conference (ISTC2007) are progressing well. The National Organizing Committee (NOC) and International Organizing Committee (IOC) were constituted under the leadership of the National Seed Council of Egypt. The NOC is composed of representatives from the Egyptian Seed Association, Egyptian Seed Industry Association, Egyptian Seed and Pesticide Traders Association, Central Administration for Seed Certification and Testing, and Central Administration for Seed Production. A national Steering Committee was formed to assist the NOC in conference organization. The IOC includes representatives from the International Seed Federation, Asia Pacific Seed Association, International Seed Testing Association, FAO, UPOV, Turkish Seed Industry Association, and ICARDA. A website and program of the conference are being developed.
The conference aims at promoting seed trade within and between Central Asia, West Asia and North Africa and the rest of the world. A major event at the conference will be seed trade and exhibitions by seed companies, seed equipment manufacturers, agricultural input suppliers, and agricultural machinery manufacturers. Companies who wish to participate in the conference or exhibit their products should contact the Conference Secretariat. The conference will be held from 19-21 November 2007 in Cairo, Egypt. Zewdie Bishaw, Seed Unit, ICARDA, P.O. Box 5466, Aleppo Syria. E-mail z.bishaw@cgiar.org
First Regional Workshop on Harmonization of Seed Regulations in ECO Countries
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in response to requests from member countries and the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), made available a regional TCP project for Strengthening Seed Supply in the ECO region. The project is being implemented by ICARDA in close collaboration with the ECO Secretariat in Iran and FAO. The main output of the project will be harmonization of regulations with particular emphasis on variety release mechanisms, seed certification schemes, quarantine procedures and international seed trade. Under the project a series of consultation meetings will take place in 2007 and 2008, involving stakeholders from ECO member countries: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
The ECO Secretariat, ICARDA and FAO are organizing the First Regional Workshop on Harmonization of Seed Regulations, to be held on 17-19 January 2007 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The workshop will focus on variety release mechanisms and plant quarantine/phytosanitary measures in ECO member countries, and opportunities for harmonization. Senior staff with in-depth knowledge of variety testing/release schemes, plant variety protection systems and plant quarantine/ phytosanitary measures in their respective countries have been invited to participate. Zewdie Bishaw, Seed Unit, P.O. Box 5466, Aleppo Syria. E-mail z.bishaw@cgiar.org
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