Food Security and Sustainable Seed Supply in Timor-Leste: Formal and Informal Seed Systems (Part 1)
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2018
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Lopes, Modesto
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Canberra, ACT: Dept. of Pacific Affairs, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University
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This In Brief is the first in a two-part series on seed systems
in Timor-Leste and research carried out for the Seeds of Life
program. It describes the context of seed supply in TimorLeste.
The second part will detail recent developments and
explore the findings of the research.
Seeds of Life was a program designed to improve food
security through the supply of improved germplasm for staple
food crops. It involved the collaboration of the Australian and
Timor-Leste governments — through the Australian Centre
for International Agriculture Research and the Ministry of
Agriculture and Fisheries — and NGOs and international
research bodies. Phase 1 of Seeds of Life started in 2000
with work on variety selection. This was extended in Phase 2
in 2005 with work on seed production and distribution. Phase
3 operated in all districts of Timor-Leste including the Special
Administrative Region of Oequsse and built on the scientific
results and technical capacity of the first two phases. The
program was concluded in June 2016 with the establishment
of 70 commercial seed producers to produce quality seed
for domestic needs. Seeds of Life maintained a core focus
on increasing yields by selecting and distributing improved
varieties of superior genetic quality (see ACIAR 2016).
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