Nigeria - 1992 - Agriculture and Rural Development

National Agricultural Seeds Decree 1992

Ministry of Agriculture ,Ministry of Rural Development, Nigeria

This is an act to provide for the establishment of the National Agricultural Seed Council. It outlines the functions of the Council, which are to analyse and propose programmed, policies and actions regarding seed development and the seed industry in general, including legislation and research on issues relating to seed heating, registration, release, production, marketing, distribution, certification, quality control, supply and use of seeds in Nigeria, importation and exportation of seeds and quarantine regulations relating thereto, to propose improved management systems and procedures relating to the administration of seed activity and to advise the Federal Military Government on the organization, management and proper financing of seed programs and also to analyse the market and prices of seeds.

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January 2022

This is an act to provide for the establishment of the National Agricultural Seed Council. It outlines the functions of the Council, which are to analyse and propose programmed, policies and actions regarding seed development and the seed industry in general, including legislation and research on issues relating to seed heating, registration, release, production, marketing, distribution, certification, quality control, supply and use of seeds in Nigeria, importation and exportation of seeds and quarantine regulations relating thereto, to propose improved management systems and procedures relating to the administration of seed activity and to advise the Federal Military Government on the organization, management and proper financing of seed programs and also to analyse the market and prices of seeds.

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