1. Viv Anthony Mauritius, 2 February 2018
Pan Africa Educators DLB Leadership Meeting Study on variety performance legal and regulatory requirements for release
Viv Anthony
Mauritius, 2 February 2018

2. DLB and variety release
African governments’ policies on agricultural productivity
Demand led traits without yield improvement- will there be issues for variety release ?
Is yield a legal or regulatory requirement for national variety release?

3. Target countries (completed)
West Africa
Nigeria
Ghana
East, central, south
Kenya
Uganda
Rwanda
Tanzania
Malawi
South Africa

4. Variety Performance Requirements and Criteria for Release (PRC)
Country
Are PR&C legal requirements or process interpreted by release officials?
Is yield an explicit regulatory pre-requisite for variety release?
Kenya No
Uganda
Yes
Rwanda
Tanzania
No …..but “NPT-TC considers yield before it advises the NVRC on the release of a variety”

5. Performance Requirements and Criteria for Release of a New Variety
Country
Are PR&C legal requirements or process interpreted by release officials?
Is yield an explicit regulatory pre-requisite for variety release?
Malawi
Yes, but discretionary
Yield is considered under the ATCC Guidelines
South Africa
Only DUS test data
No variety release commitee No
Nigeria
NO but…Guidelines for Registration and Release of New Crop Varieties in Nigeria … yield improvement is named as the primary reason for breeding a new crop variety

6. Performance Requirements and Criteria for Release of a New Variety
Country
Are PR&C legal requirements or process interpreted by release officials?
Is yield an explicit regulatory pre-requisite for variety release?
Ghana
Yes
No regulation yet...but National Seed Council of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, for yam and cassava varieties, ‘yield at harvest’ is considered

7. Target countries (TBD)
West Africa
Burkina Faso
Mali
Niger
Senegal
Sierra Leone
East, central, south
Ethiopia
Mozambique
Zambia
Zimbabwe