Seed Systems Assessment Tool – Beta Version 2020

Virtual Kickoff Meeting - Ethiopia

August 31, 2020

Agenda

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Time (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

Description Speaker

08:30-08:35 Welcome and Zoom Housekeeping Moderator, Dr. Anteneh Girma, Policy Advisor, the Ministry of Agriculture

08:35-08:40 Introduction of Dignitaries Mrs. Amsale Mengistu, BMGF

08:40-08:45Opening Remarks

H.E. Mr. Oumer Hussein, Minister of Agriculture

08:50-08:55 Dr. Enock Chikava, Deputy Director for Agriculture, BMGF

Dr. Agnes Kalibata, President AGRA08:55-09:00

09:00-09:05 Introduction to SeedSAT Lauren Good, BMGF

09:05-09:20 Overview of SeedSAT and Next Steps

Melanie Bittle, DAI

09:20-09:40 Questions and Answers Moderator, Dr. Anteneh Girma

09:40-09:45 Official Launch of SeedSAT H.E. Dr. Mandefro Nigussie, State MinisterH.E. W/ro Aynalem Nigussie, State Minister

09:50-09:55 Vote of Thanks Dr. Nega Wubeneh, Country Director, AGRA

Welcome Remarks

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Dr. Enock Chikava, Deputy Director for Agriculture, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

HE, Mr. Oumer Hussein, Minister of Agriculture,Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Dr. Agnes Kalibata, President,Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa

Introduction to SeedSAT

Why improve investments in Seed Systems?

Lauren Good, Sr. Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

SeedSAT Design and Testing Team

Melanie Bittle

Boaz KeizireGeorge Bigirwa Kehinde MakindeNega Wubeneh

Don Humpal

Katrin KuhlmannNew Markets Lab

Joseph Rusike

Dr. Yilma KebedePlant Breeding Expert

Joseph Ahenda

Aline O’ConnorMulemia MainaJason Nickerson

Fred Muhhuku

Lauren Good

Mark Nelson

Amsale Mengistu Audu Grema

AGRA Team

Context Global Development Agri Experience

DAIBill & Melinda Gates Foundation

What is SeedSAT Beta Version?• “Beta”: designing and testing phase

• Countries: Nigeria and Ethiopia

• Crops to be assessed include:

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Ethiopa proposed crops:MaizeTefSorghumWheat

• Time period: November 2019-December 2020. The final beta

tool will be available at the end of this period.

• Elements of the beta tool will be digitized.

• The beta version is intended to inform future versions of the

tool that will include improvements based on feedback.

What is the SeedSAT Vision of a Healthy Seed System?

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- Farmers grow modern varieties of crops

- Varieties are adapted to environments

- Takes into consideration market demand and requirements

- Regular supply of domestic-bred and imported crop varieties

- Provides choices

- Healthy competition among stakeholders

- Adherence to quality standards

- Appropriate blend of public and private investment

- Subsidies (if any) are used carefully

System lens

Collaboration with country-level stakeholders

Qualitative and interactive

Leverages existing information, with experts to guide the process

Triangulates information from all types of stakeholders

Considers each country’s unique seed system maturity stage

Identify and facilitate agreement on root causes of issues

Inform design of proposed interventions

Prioritize and add cost estimates for proposed interventions for future investment (public/private/donor)

Revised National Seed PolicyDraft Seed ProclamationDirect Seed Marketing

National Seed Sector Development Project Design Task Force

SeedSAT Value Proposition

Ethiopia Collaboration

Public:Ministry of AgricultureEthiopian Institute for Agricultural Research (EIAR) Ethiopian Seed Enterprise (ESE) National Seed Planning Committee Federal Cooperative Agency (FCA)Regional Bureaus of Agriculture

Private:Ethiopian Seed Growers and Processors Association Pioneer Hi-Bred Ethiopia Alemayehu Makonnen/Seed Co. Anno Agro-Industry Avallo Seed Company

International Donors/FoundationsCIMMYTICARDAICRISATThe Royal Netherlands Embassy USAIDCRS

National Seed Sector Development Project Design Task Force

Dr. Yilma Kebede Context Global Development

Agri Experience

DAI

AGRABill & Melinda Gates

Foundation

September 2020

New reports/info

Initial volume, price, attitudinal responses

Gather information from:

Surveys (SMS, web, phone);

Data/document requests (web, phone, email);

Complete set of data/documents

Final lists of stakeholders

Adjust questionnaire tools

November 2019 – July 2020

Existing reports/studiesAggregate dataPolicy documentsStakeholder lists

Gather information from:

Desk research;

Existing country team/study contacts;

Develop survey and questionnaire tools

Develop lists of stakeholders to interview; data/documents to review

October 2020

Qualitative information to explain the root cause of issues

Gather information from:

In-person (virtual) interviews

Draft of initial assessment and recommendations for improvements/investments

November-December 2020

Feedback and validation from country stakeholders

Gather information from:

Multiple group (virtual) feedback and validation meetings

Validated recommendationsPrioritized interventionsCost estimatesFinal report (available on SeedSAT.org with user access permissions)

Timeline

What is the Expected Output?

- Final output available after validation with local stakeholders

- Will include:

- A final written report on the findings and recommendations

- For EGS, production cost estimates and inventory resource estimates

- For commercial production and distribution, tailored benchmarking reports for

respondents

- Scores generated for specific objectives under each thematic area, But NO dashboard

of aggregated scores.

- Prioritized areas for investment with estimated costs for internal/external investment

considerations

- Reports will be considered propriety

What are the Next Immediate Steps?NOW = More detailed information can be found at https://SeedSAT.org

September 1-15 = Virtual briefing meetings with representatives relevant to each thematic areas

September 16-30 = Experts will send pre-interview surveys and/or data and document request to representatives

October = Experts will engage with representatives in virtual “in-person” interviews

Questions and Answers

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Please use Zoom chat box to submit questions

Official Launch

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H.E., Dr. Mandefro Nigussie, State Minister,Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

H.E. W/ro Aynalem Nigussie, State MinisterFederal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

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Vote of ThanksDr. Nega Wubenah, Country Director, AGRA