Getting the Incentives right-market development: Feed and Forage Seeds
In 2023 SNV Kenya (ICSIAPL project) and NEADAP in collaboration with CIAT/Bioversity, KIT, ILRI, KALRO, and KEPHIS initiated a trajectory to make an inventory of gaps in the forage regulatory framework with recommendations for improvements, both at policy level and operational. With the objective of enhancing easier registration of novel and improved forage seed varieties and enhancing the choice and availability of forage seed for farmers.
This trajectory included interviews with seed companies and workshops with relevant stakeholders from the private and public sector, research and development organisations, and has resulted in a Working Paper titled: “Enhancing Farmers' Access to Improved Forage Seed in Kenya: Recommendations for Policy Change and operational advancement of the regulatory framework for forage seeds”. The policy issues addressed in the Working Paper will be extracted to be summarized in a Policy Brief.
A Forage Working Group has been formed with representatives of the Kenya government, private sector, academia, international and local research institutes and SNV, to validate the final drafts of the Working Paper and the Policy Brief on 31stof May and to develop a roadmap for the implementation of the Working Paper’s recommendations. We will keep you updated and shall share copies of the 2 documents referred to above after their formal release in June.
Please contact Solomon Mwendia at [email protected], Jos Creemers at [email protected], and Anton Jansen at [email protected]
Authors
Anton Jansen
Business Innovation Advisor ICSIAPL Project
Solomon Mwendia
Scientist - Forage Agronomy, Alliance Bioversity-CIAT
Jos Creemers
Managing Consultant, ProDairy E.A. Ltd
