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| Procedure Name | Inspection requirement for Seeds |
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Category
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Inspection requirement for Seeds
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Responsible Agency
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The Ministry of Agriculture
Address: Mulungushi House, independence Ave.
P.O BOX 50197, Lusaka
Phone: +260 01-253933
Email: pcd@maff.gov.zm
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Legal base of the Procedure
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Plant Variety and Seeds Act, 1968
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Fee
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Testing of Seeds
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ZMW
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USD
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Testing of seeds for all crops
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30.00 per test
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Testing of seeds for tobacco
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60.00 per test
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Variety Testing and Registration
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Description
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Application for pre-release
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20.00/ application
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Application for release
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20.00 / application
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Distinctness, uniformity and stability test
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150.00 per variety/year
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National variety release trials
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150.00 per variety/site/ year
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Control growing
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50.00 per seed lot/ site
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Miscellaneous Tests
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Description
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Mycological
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60
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Bacteriological
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60
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Virological
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60
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Verification of cultivars
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45
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Tuber control
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60.00 peer lot
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TZ test
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60
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Weight per 1000 seeds (per test)
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45
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Defect test
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45
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Grading
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45
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Tobacco blowing
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60.00 per kg of uncleaned material to be determined
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Others
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24.9
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Certificates
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Description
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ITSA/Orange international seedlot certificate
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120.00 per seedlot
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ITSA-blue international seedlot certificate
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120.00 per seedlot
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Required Documents
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No.
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Type of information
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Note
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1
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Process Steps
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Step 1
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Within thirty days of the importation of prescribed seed, the importer must submit a sample for testing to S.C.C.I.
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Step 2
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S.C.C.I tests the seed sample.
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Step 3
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A report of the test is then published, either a report confirming that the said imported seed conforms to the standards of germination and purity prescribed or, a report confirming that the said imported seed does not conform to the standards of germination and purity prescribed.
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| Category | Import |
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The following form/s are used in this procedure
This procedure applies to the following measures
| Name | Measure Type | Agency | Description | Comments | Legal Document | Validity To | Measure Class |
| Inspection requirement for Seeds | Inspection Requirement | | Upon the importation of any prescribed seed, the importer has to submit a sample for testing to the Ministry of Agriculture (Seed Control and Certification Institute).
| All imported prescribed seed has to be tested by the Ministry of Agriculture (Seed Control and Certification Institute). | Plant Variety and Seeds Act, 1995 | 09-09-9999 | Good |
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