Vegetable Seed Project
Switzerland is recognizing the importance of high quality vegetable seed production through the promotion of private-public partnership among producer cooperatives, NGOs and private seed entrepreneurs in the seed sector. Producing seeds through farmers groups and cooperatives has been a successful approach, which allows a sustainable national seed production. The goal of VSP-III is “to have improved food security and income for the poor and disadvantaged households in remote areas of Nepal”. VSP-III will have two major focuses: 1) farm families from poor and DAGs produce and sell quality seeds; and 2) National Seed Board, Nepal Agriculture Research Council and Department of Agriculture enforce decentralised seed production and quality control through public and private institutions. VSP has proven synergies with other SDC supported agricultural projects, such as the Hill Maize Research Project in promoting seed related market and policy issues and the Home garden project in promoting diversification of vegetable production.
| Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Nepal |
Agriculture & food security
Agricultural policy
Agricultural research |
01.01.2011
- 31.12.2014 |
CHF 2'360'000
|
- Swiss Private Sector
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Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURE
Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation Agricultural policy and administrative management
Agricultural research
Cross-cutting topics The project promotes biodiversity.
The project takes account of gender equality as a cross-cutting theme.
Type of support Official development assistance (ODA)
Type of collaboration Bilateral cooperation
Finance type Aid grant
Aid Type Mandate without fiduciary fund
Project and programme contribution
Tied/untied aid Untied aid
Project number 7F02960
| Directorate/federal office responsible |
SDC |
| Credit area |
Development cooperation |
| Project partners |
Contract partner International or foreign NGO Private sector |
| Budget | Current phase Swiss budget CHF 2'360'000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF 1'936'291 |
| Project phases |
Phase 3 01.01.2011 - 31.12.2014 (Completed) |