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October 2008 - View the 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
April 2008 - View the 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
December 2007 - View the 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
June 2007 - View the newsletter (PDF)
	Birth of the Ethiopian Seed Trade Association (ESTA) Development of a web-based variety catalog for regional variety release for Eastern and Central, Southern, and Western Africa Promoting Plant Variety Protection under UPOV Convention in Africa SADC FANR Ministers approve harmonized seed regulatory system Progress on seed regulation harmonization in Eastern Africa
December 2006 - View the 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 2006 - View the 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

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