Provision of Adequate Tree Seed Portfolios (PATSPO) is one of the major projects implemented by World Agroforestry (the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry – ICRAF) in Ethiopia. The project, which has so far been implemented for four years (2017-2020), is financed by the Norwegian International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) through the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Ethiopia (RNE).

ICRAF and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Norway International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) represented by the RNE, entered into a grant agreement in May 2017 for the implementation of the PATSPO Project. While implementing the project, ICRAF is working in coordination with the Ethiopian Environment, Forest and Climate Change Commission (EEFCCC), the Ethiopian Environment and Forest Research Institute (EEFRI) and NICFI/RNE.

The PATSPO project is designed to ensure access to high quality seeds of the most important tree species used for forest landscape restoration and all other tree planting activities in Ethiopia. PATSPO is therefore necessary to achieve the ambitious restoration targets of Ethiopia’s Climate- Resilient Green Economy Strategy.