Agriculture: West Africa seeks to speed up the movement of seeds
Common rules, still unevenly applied Since 2008, a regulation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has provided for the mutual recognition of certified seed.
Their assessment is a shared one: despite the progress made over twenty years, seed released in one country remains difficult to sell in another."In our space, there are three categories of countries: the advanced, the less advanced, and those moving more slowly," said Ousmane Ndoye, representing the West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF).
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