Electronic newsletter (PDF)
- News from the national seed association of Egypt
- West Africa Seed Alliance workshop on variety release and registration
- Eastern Africa Seed Committee holds its annual general meeting 2008
- Malawi approves biotechnology policy
- SADC ministerial task force meets on food prices

June 08

Statement by the African Seed Trade Association on the food crisis
Communiqué de l'Association Africaine du Commerce des Semences sur la crise alimentaire

April 08

Electronic newsletter (PDF)
- News from the Seed Trade Association of Mali (ASSEMA)
- AFSTA congress 2008 in brief
- Progress in seed trade harmonization in Southern and Eastern Africa
- Uganda approves national biotechnology and biosafety
- Memorandum of understanding on implementation of SADC harmonized seed regulatory system on the cards

March 08

Representatives from 35 countries attend the 8th Annual Congress of the African Seed Trade Association

December 07

Electronic newsletter (PDF)
- Invitation of AFSTA Congress 2008
- The African Seed Trade Association signs an MoU with the African Union
- STAK celebrates its Silver Jubilee: 25 years of providing quality seed to farmers (1982–2007)
- AFSTA joins West Africa Seed Alliance (WASA)
- SADC Permanent Secretaries finalize MoU on SADC harmonized seed regulatory system

Representatives from 33 countries attend the 7th Annual Congress of the African Seed Trade Association

December 06

Electronic newsletter
- Invitation to the 2007 AFSTA Congress
- Birth of National Seed Trade Association of Sierra Leone (STASL)
- The concept of Seed Enterprise Enhancement and Development Services (SEEDS)
- Africa's Green Revolution

June 06

Electronic newsletter
- News from the Seed Association of Morocco (AMSP)
- Challenges for Plant Variety Protection (PVP) in Africa
- First workshop on Foundation Seed Enterprise (FSE)
- Birth of National Seed Association of Ivory Coast

April 06

Improving the availability of foundation seed of publicly developed varieties in Africa

News from the Seed Trade Association of Malawi

Report from the 6th annual congress of the African Seed Trade Association

April 02

African Seed Trade Association position statement on modern biotechnology
Déclaration de position sur les biotechnologies modernes de l'Association Africaine du Commerce des Semences

March 00

Founding congress of the African Seed Trade Association (AFSTA) - 42 seed organizations have already decided to join AFSTA