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:
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.




