About Seed Inspection and Certification Center Directorate
Dr. Lemma Degebasa (PhD)
Contact Details:
Telephone (Office):
Telephone (Mob): +251923265217
Email: lemmadegebasa@gmail.com lemma.degebasa@haramaya.edu.et
P.O. Box: 138
Background
The Director for Seed Inspection and Certification Center shall be accountable to the Vice President for Research and Community Engagement and perform the following duties.
• Provides field inspection, seed quality testing, and certification service to producers and processors.
• Coordinate capacity-building and strengthening activities related to seed quality assurance.
• Facilitates stakeholder dialogue on seed law, standard and regulations.
• Promotes good practices and innovations for quality seed production, processing, storage, and distribution
• Create linkage with seed value chain actors and support services for knowledge and resource exchange.
• prepare annual and quarterly reports and submit the same to the Vice President for Research and Community Engagement; and
• perform other duties as may be assigned by Vice President for Research and Community Engagement
Vision
In the coming ten years, the vision for seed quality control centers directorate is to be forefront in ensuring the integrity and purity of seeds. This center directorate aim to implement strong seed quality management practices that are critical for maintaining a seed variety's trueness to type, which is essential for market acceptance and use. With advancements in technology and a focus on national and international standards, this center directorate will play a pivotal role in supporting sustainable agriculture and food security.
Mission
Provide efficient seed testing and certification services to public and private seed producers and processors. Facilitating policy dialogue on the development of seed systems. To solve the problem of seed quality in our country and ensure sustainable change.
Aims
- The overall objective of the Haramaya University Seed Quality Control and Certification Center Directorate is to increase food security and economic growth by contributing to the availability of quality seeds at affordable prices on time for producers in eastern Ethiopia.
- Providing field inspection, seed quality testing and certification services to producers and processors.
- Carrying out demand-driven capacity building activities related to seed quality assurance through awareness creation, knowledge sharing and training.
- To facilitate stakeholder discussion on seed laws, standards and regulations.
- To promote good practices and innovations for quality seed production, processing, storage and distribution.
- Support services for networking with seed value chain actors and exchange of knowledge and resources.
- To create strong linkage and active follow-up of seed producing cooperatives with their respective unions, facilitating the coordination, communication, and regular testing of seed samples.
- To scale up the best practices of some seed producing cooperatives with others, sharing their experiences, challenges and solutions in seed production.
- To monitor and regulate the direct seed marketing activities of the seed producing cooperatives and ensure compliance with the standards and regulations.
- To provide seed certification and tags for the approved seeds and facilitate their distribution and marketing on time.
- To establish crops seed banks for local and improved seeds and empower farmers to access and use them.
- To produce and target high-value crops, forage and vegetable seeds with high demand and potential.
- To promote cluster farming, good agricultural practices, and awareness creation on the problems of striga infestation, desert locusts and policy advocacy on their management.
- To exercise “precision agriculture” by using modern technologies such as agricultural drones and remote sensing to optimize crop production and quality control.
- In general, the center directorate is designed to meet the needs and expectations of farmers, consumers, regulators, and other stakeholders in the agricultural sector.
Seed Inspection and Certification Center Director contact
Contact Details:
Telephone (Office):
Telephone (Mob): +251923265217
Email: lemmadegebasa@gmail.com lemma.degebasa@haramaya.edu.et
P.O. Box: 138