The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) joined forces in 2019, leveraging a combined 65 years’ experience in research on the role of forests and trees in solving critical global challenges.
Organisation for economic cooperation and development (oecd) with a view to find potential similarities With agroforestry tree germplasm. Only three Countries in sub-saharan africa (burkina faso, madagascar And rwanda) were found to have tree germplasm Certification: the oecd forest seed and plant Certification scheme. From the review, it is possible to Establish agroforestry tree germplasm quality control Systems, more so in countries that already have tree Seed centres and tree seed regulations. A simple Agroforestry tree germplasm certification scheme, Based on the faos quality declared seed (qds) with Truth-in-labelling is recommended. Three germplasm Categories (audit, select and genetically improved) are Recommended as a start. Furthermore, countries will Need to develop new or amend existing agricultural Seed policies and regulations to include agroforestry Tree germplasm certification under qds. Finally, Germplasm quality standards for the selected agroforestry Trees species in the respective countries will need To be developed.
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