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Seed Toolkit: a training manual for quality seed production

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This Seeds Toolkit has been developed to support practitioners along the entire seed value chain to acquire the knowledge and skills they need in order to deliver quality seeds and planting materials of well-adapted crop varieties to farmers. The Toolkit is designed primarily for capacity-building activities, especially for small-scale farmers and small and medium-scale entrepreneurs and comprises the following six interrelated modules:

Module 1: Development of small-scale seed enterprises

Module 2: Seed processing: principles, equipment and practice

Module 3: Seed quality assurance

Module 4 Seed sector regulatory framework

Module 5: Seed marketing

Module 6: Seed storage