Seeds of Life is a program within the East Timor Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF). We are funded collaboratively by MAF and the Australian Government, through the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), under ACIAR Project Number CIM/2003/014. The Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture (CLIMA) within the University of Western Australia (UWA) is commissioned to coordinate our Australian-funded activities.

What SoL does is comprised of four components:

Component One: Strengthening seed production, storage and distribution systems within East Timor.
Component Two: Evaluating new germplasm and associated technologies on MAF research stations.
Component Three: On-farm demonstrations and trials (OFDTs). This component is the major focus of SoL2.
Component Four: Capacity building and institutionalisation of SoL within MAF.

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