The National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC), an agency of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, has called for the establishment of improved seed supply system.

Chief Olasunkanmi Shobowale, the council’s Executive Director, made the call in Abuja at a workshop on "Characterising Seed Demand in Nigeria: Constraints, Opportunities and Challenges."

Shobowale said the seed supply system should take into account the need for seed quality control which, he said, should involve monitoring of all stages of seed production and testing as well as the enforcement of national seed laws.

"Seed quality, control to a large extent, depends on the capability and effectiveness of the regulatory organ of the national seed system," he said.

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