Integrated Seed Sector Development in Myanmar
Unlike the previous platform meetings, the seventh National Seed Sector Platform Meeting took place through zoom application service due to COVID 19 pandemic. The meeting was hold on 3 June 2020 with thirty eight participants from public, private, NGOs and INGOs. At the meeting, DG of Department of Agriculture delivered opening speech and DG of Department of Planning shared response
Read moreThe purpose of the Seed Alert is to assess the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the functioning of the seed sector. The project operates in Ethiopia, Myanmar, Nigeria and Uganda, where Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation (WCDI) collaborates with partners in seed programmes. In Myanmar, ISSD Myanmar Programme did COVID-19 Quick Scan Survey and Focus Group Discussions with various
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Current status on business performance and development opportunities
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The Business Opportunities report highlights opportunities for domestic and international companies to invest in Myanmar’s seed sector.
Read moreThe purpose of this study was to analyse the rice seed sector in the Ayeyarwady delta and document seed use, demand and supply in Myanmar. The study aims to provide the Livelihood and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) with recommendations for its investments for improving the rice seed sector’s performance in an integrated and sustainable way.
Read moreIntegrated Seed Sector Development (ISSD) is an inclusive approach that recognizes and builds upon a diversity of seed systems in the sector. It is based on eight guiding principles that foster the development of a vibrant, pluralistic and market-oriented seed sector.
Read moreThe study presents an integrated assessment of Myanmar’s seed sector. The study includes an analyses on regulatory environment for seed production and sales; a characterization of Myanmar’s seed sector and seed systems; a landscape of current seed sector interventions; an analysis of three seed value-chains and Myanmar’s seed farm system; as well as business opportunities for the private sector.
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The Action Agenda has been developed during a large public-private gathering in Nay Pyi Taw, on 4 April 2017. At the meeting there was high-level representation of the government, the private sector and development partners. The Action Agenda aims to divide tasks between support projects and presents a coordination structure for subsequent platform meetings and monitoring of progress.
Read moreThis Roadmap has been developed by the Myanmar Agriculture Network, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, the private seed sector and international development organizations. The documents describe the wider policy context, strategic directions forward, as well as the practical problems as faced by seed companies and seed growers on the ground.
Read moreThe ISSD Myanmar Programme, through WHH staff and support, has conducted a study aimed at generating a profile of the seed producers in Sagaing and Mandalay Region. Farmers from three townships in each region were surveyed. An overall number of 130 seed producers from eleven villages of the six townships were interviewed. The number of seed producers were proportionately selected,
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