The project “Provision of Adequate Tree Seed Portfolios (PATSPO)” aims to enhance the productivity and resilience of Forest Landscape Restoration in Ethiopia. It is implemented over a four-year period (2017-20)by the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in close collaboration with the Ethiopian Environment and ForestResearch Institute (EEFRI).

The project will contribute towards Ethiopia’s Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) strategy, which is a green growth strategy, via the national forest restoration targets for the next 20 years and beyond. Restoring and planting of vast landscapes requires an able and effective organization to provide large quantities of quality seed for tree planting. PATSPO addresses this directly by providing a multiple tree species programmable to provide:

1. organizational setup of the tree seed sector, including stakeholder identification and roles and responsibilities, based on a sector analysis;
2. species specific knowledge for most priority tree species;
3. a built up of the tree genetic resources for the future, comprising exploration, mobilization, conservation, establishment, management and improvement; and
4. capacity to monitor and deliver quality seed and seedlings of multiple species required for large scale restoration.

A basic precondition for the fulfillment of the goal and outputs is that the organizational set-up, including PATSPOand major stakeholders involved, have the required technical, institutional and motivational capacity.