NASC expresses optimism over policy document on seeds production, mgt
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By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja
The National Agricultural Seeds Council, NASC, on Friday, expressed optimism over a policy document on seeds production and management to serve as a reference point in identifying varieties.
This was expressed in an address by the Director-General, NASC, Dr Philip Ojo, at a one-day ‘Stakeholders’ Review and Validation Workshop on the Draft National Descriptors for Select Varieties of Maize, Rice and Soybean’ held in Abuja.
Ojo explained that the essence of the workshop is to review, validate and adopt the document that will enhance production and management of seed fields, where it will assist in accurately and appropriately reporting and identifying seed varieties.
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Beginning from January 2021 the certification and authentication of seeds in Nigeria will be done electronically, the Federal Government announced on Monday.
It disclosed this in Abuja at a training organised by the National Agricultural Seeds Council for 75 seed certification officers drawn from the six-geopolitical zones of Nigeria.
Director-General, NASC, Phillip Ojo, said the electronic authentication and certification of seeds would ensure a reliable system, enhance the country’s ability to trace seeds, and maintain quality assurance.
He said the concept of digital certification and electronic authentication was conceived about five years ago by the council, adding that it was now an institutional order where Nigeria and other countries had resolved to latch on to.