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Dear Members,

1. Acute seed insecurity is normally brought on by distinct, short duration 
events that often affect a broad range of population. ie loss of harvest of 
a season, floods , short civil unrest etc. Seed systems can be very 
resilient.

2. Chronic seed insecurity is independent of acute disaster, although it may 
be exaggerated by it. It normally occurs among populations who have been 
marginalized in different ways eg Arid areas, Continual drought.
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From: "Okidi, Joseph (FAOKE)" <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 06:19:56 +0000
Subject: SSA Updates and Dicussion Points


Dear members,

Greetings from SSA CoP secretariat. It has been a while for us to be in 
touch on seed security issues. I believe many of you have been a bit busy 
with various assignments since the beginning of the year. Having been out of 
touch for sometimes, we would like to provide you with a few updates bellow.

UPDATES

·South Sudan:FAO South Sudan in collaboration with Ministry of Agriculture 
at various levels (National, State and Count) and a number of NGO partners 
will be conducting a Rapid seed security assessment (SSA) in few weeks from 
now. The aim of the assessment is to determine seed security situation for 
the up-coming (second) season, and provide appropriate recommendations for 
response, particularly in regards to crisis affected households/communities. 
 FAO is also planning to conduct a country wide country-wide SSA between 
October and December this year. Those (organization) interested in joining 
hands with FAO  should let us know as soon as possible for planning 
purposes.

·Ethiopia:CRS Ethiopia in last quarter of 2015 conducted a rapid seed 
security assessment in the Belg growing areas of Amhara, Oromia, SNNPR and 
Tigray Region. This was in response to understand the effect of drought that 
has  widely described as the worst in 50 years.  The drought caused an 
estimated production loss of between 44% to 99%. The immediate impact of 
this assessment was that CRS was able to  change some of the wrong crops 
they were planning to procure and distribute for belg season. The assessment 
also provided a outlook into what the both the formal and informal seed 
sector can offer and what they cannot- more details in the attached report.

·SSA Practitioners’ Guide:We are in the final stages of printing the SSA 
guide, and few copies will be sent to FAO country offices (Kenya, Ethiopia, 
Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda and Rwanda). We shall update you on as soon as 
the copies are dispatched to the country offices.

·Request:Members provide us  with any completed, on-going or seed security 
assessment plan or responses.


DISCUSSION POINT

·What do you understand by the terms ACUTE and CHRONIC seed insecurity?

Regards,

Joseph

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