Sat, 06 May 2017 15:09:05 +0000 By BUUMBA CHIMBULU A STANDARD threshold for drought tolerant seed varieties to be used across the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) region is currently being worked on by the Seed Control and Certification Institute (SCCI). SCCI senior seed officer, Mudenda Sikwangala, said the institute had a project called ‘‘Establishing call collections for varieties and drought tolerant seed varieties’’ which was trying to determine thresholds for what was really a drought tolerant seed variety. Ms Sikwangala explained in an interview that the project, which was being funded by the Agriculture Productivity for Southern Africa (APSA), would ensure that breeders and seed producers spoke the same language with regard to drought tolerant seed varieties. “Within the region, we have different criteria that we use to determine a drought tolerant seed variety, so we are looking at coming up with a standard threshold that will be used across […]
