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Our Role

Tanzania Seed Traders Association (TASTA), is a membership organisation whose main role is to represent the interest of its members and provide a forum where the seed companies can interact, share information, and channel their challenges to the government. The main roles of TASTA are as follows:

Provide communication amongst seedsmen.

Develop and maintain a statistical database on Tanzania’s seed industry.

Facilitate the establishment of action groups for the continued and sustainable growth of the seed sector.

Interact with governmental and NGOs involved in seed activities in order to promote the interests of the seed industry.

Promote: research and development, publicity, education and training, legislative Tanzania so as to catalyse faster growth of the seed industry.

Provide critical information to its members and improve communication between the Tanzania seed industry and the rest of the world.

In view of our roles, the public sector recognises TASTA as the only apex association in the seed sub-sector that links private seed companies with the public sector and communicates the issues relating to legal and regulatory framework to the relevant authorities. TASTA is a member of two important committees namely the Variety Release Committee which is under TOSCI and the National Seed Committee which is chaired by the responsible Minister for agriculture.