Dear Joseph Thanks a lot for sending the SSSA update.Let us keep in touch. Kind Regards Tamirat Tsegaye Miskay, National Disaster Risk Management Commission, Addis Ababa,Ethiopia. On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Okidi, Joseph (FAOKE) <[log in to unmask] > wrote: > [image: Boxbe] <https://www.boxbe.com/overview> This message is eligible > for Automatic Cleanup! ([log in to unmask]) Add cleanup rule > <https://www.boxbe.com/popup?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.boxbe.com%2Fcleanup%3Ftoken%3DulI3mszKZ2GC6Qzmu%252FiXLwPUv2DnsZ1dfKidzEC0YAvgk62JClb3PZg7fIaewG6Nm42UH4IKkjMn9RDglNeV17G8x4QnmrV6eUhD%252F1U8HbD6aUD3xCgZPb5vFzdwgvKkvgMO0hTlEV8%253D%26key%3DnLIeYbT0y7XhYrT66qTQbA%252Fixjzmlj06TnoqKluDIp0%253D&tc_serial=25456266224&tc_rand=198255000&utm_source=stf&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ANNO_CLEANUP_ADD&utm_content=001> > | More info > <http://blog.boxbe.com/general/boxbe-automatic-cleanup?tc_serial=25456266224&tc_rand=198255000&utm_source=stf&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ANNO_CLEANUP_ADD&utm_content=001> > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the CoP-SeedSecurity-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=CoP-SeedSecurity-L&A=1 > > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CoP-SeedSecurity-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=CoP-SeedSecurity-L&A=1