{"id":17328,"date":"2026-06-20T12:56:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/pasic-evidence-builds-case-for-ugandas-new-national-seed-policy\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:44:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:44:48","slug":"pasic-evidence-builds-case-for-ugandas-new-national-seed-policy","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/pasic-evidence-builds-case-for-ugandas-new-national-seed-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Les donn\u00e9es probantes du PASIC \u00e9tayent la nouvelle politique semenci\u00e8re nationale de l'Ouganda"},"content":{"rendered":"Evidence from the Policy Action for Sustainable Intensification of Ugandan Cropping Systems (PASIC) project \u2013 an initiative implemented by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IITA<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 has been used to convince stakeholders on the urgent need to approve and implement the proposal to put in place a National Seed Policy to improve Uganda\u2019s seed sector.\n<div id=\"attachment_1026\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/800_PASIC_evidence.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1026 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/800_PASIC_evidence.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of participants engage in discussions on the impact of climate change on various enterprises.\" width=\"800\" height=\"472\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1026\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants engage in discussions on the impact of climate change on various enterprises.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nThe Commissioner of Crop Inspection and Certification, Joseph Bazaale reported that \u201cit is absolutely vital that the National Seed Policy is approved as it has been in draft form for the past 12 years.\u201d The Commissioner emphasized that all views including those of the Uganda National Seed Traders Association (USTA) are critical and there should be no losers in the development of the National Seed Policy.\n\nThe Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.agriculture.go.ug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MAAIF<\/a>), together with national and regional level stakeholders validated the findings of a Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) of the National Seed Policy and the National Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Policy. The RIA is an additional cabinet requirement that facilitates policy approval and ascertains the incentives and disincentives of a policy to society through stakeholder consultations.\n\nThe RIA regional and national level stakeholder consultations were led by MAAIF with support from the Integrated Seed Sector Development (ISSD), USAID\u2019s Feed-the-Future Enabling Environment Activity (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chemonics.com\/OurWork\/OurProjects\/Pages\/Uganda-Feed-the-Future-Enabling-Environment-for-Agriculture.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EEA<\/a>), and PASIC\/IITA.\n\nAccording to the assessments, the cost of implementing the proposed National Seed Policy and the National Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Policy is UGX 82 billion (US$ 24 million) and about UGX 88 billion (US$ 26 million) for five years, respectively.\n\nOn the other hand, evidence generated by PASIC research from the potato sector shows that the use of poor quality seed-without fertilizer in potato farming, yields only 6.4 metric tons (MT) per hectare, valued at about UGX 628 billion (US$ 187 million) on a national scale whereas the use of quality seed with fertilizer almost triples the yield to 16.5 MT per hectare.\n\nThis translates into a 158% increase from 867 to 2,234 thousand metric tons per annum country wide and farm income\u2013 valued at UGX 1,619 billion (US$ 485 million) on a national scale. Therefore Uganda\u2018s potato sector is losing potential income of approximately \u2013 UGX 991 (US$ 298 million) per annum due to limited intensification at the production level of the value chain.\n\nBetween 30 and 40 percent of the seed on the Ugandan market assessed by quality control authorities were found to be poor, fake, or counterfeit. Therefore, the proposed National Seed Policy could generate benefits such as increased access to quality, and basic seed, biodiversity, improved capacity of the private sector to supply seed, provision of employment along the seed value chain, and increased efficiency in the regulation, coordination and management of the seed sub sector.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evidence from the Policy Action for Sustainable Intensification of Ugandan Cropping Systems (PASIC) project \u2013 an initiative implemented by IITA \u2013 has been used to convince stakeholders on the urgent need to approve and implement the proposal to put in place a National Seed Policy to improve Uganda\u2019s seed sector.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":17329,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[2220],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[47],"news-type":[],"hub":[62],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[194],"class_list":["post-17328","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bulletin-no-2336pasicpolicy-action-for-sustainable-intensification-of-ugandan-cropping-systemsseeduganda","location-uganda","hub-eastern-africa","item-year-194"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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