Dear Laura,

Many thanks for sharing with us the update from FAO Somalia. We hope to get your wide experience shared with the CoP.

Regards,

Joseph



From: Cortada, Laura (FAOSO)
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 2:36 PM
To: The Community of Practice of Seed Security Assessments for the Horn of Africa
Subject: RE: New Year Greetings

Dear Joseph,

Thanks a lot for keeping us poste on the activities that are taking place around the SSSA CoP;

Let me also take this opportunity to inform to the CoP group that the SSSA exercise is also going on in Somalia and we will be able to send missions to collect data to South Central area very soon. Hopefully in the next few months we will be able to share this valuable and useful information with all of you.


Best regards,

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Laura Cortada-González, PhD
Head of Innovation and Learning Unit
Agriculture Sector
FAO SOMALIA
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Tel Somali: +252 634837916
Tel Kenya: +254 701029016
Tel Spain: +34 651104016
Skype: Cortada.FAOSOM

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From: The Community of Practice of Seed Security Assessments for the Horn of Africa [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Okidi, Joseph (FAOKE)
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 11:47 AM
To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Subject: New Year Greetings

I send my sincere gratitude and greetings to all who managed to get to the New Year -2015. It has been a while without any discussion in our community of practice on seed security issues around the horn of Africa (HoA). I know end (2014) and beginning of 2015 had their tolls on our workload, but I believe we all got through.

Seed Security Assessment updates:


ˇ         Kenya: Towards the end of last year, FAO Kenya in collaboration with County Government (Agricultural Department) conducted a seed security assessment in the South Eastern Livelihood zone. Key findings are as summarized in the attached document.  Any comment on the  findings and recommendation is welcome.


ˇ         Malawi: The recent flood in Malawi has call for humanitarian response. For effective and efficient response, FAO in Collaboration with CRS is organizing a Rapid Seed Security Assessment from 16th to 28th of this month.


ˇ         Uganda: A seed security assessment will be conducted in West Nile by the Integrated Seed Sector Development (ISSD) Programme with technical support from FAO . This assessment will commence in the second week of March.

Please let us know if you are planning any seed security assessment in your country/region, and do not hesitate to contact us for any technical support.

Wishing you all a happy New Year!!

Regards,

Joseph Okidi
Regional Seed Security Officer (HoA)
FAO Kenya
+254 (0) 733 997696
+254 (0) 788 508837


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