These Guidelines, made pursuant to the Law establishing the National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB) 2017, provide for improving the quality of chia seeds, ensuring compliance with national, regional and international standards, seeds regulations and enhancing Rwanda's chia seed competitiveness to the international market. These Guidelines apply to chia seeds planting materials, uncleaned harvested chia seeds produce, farms under chia seeds production, and entire value chain actors including individual farmers, cooperatives, exporting companies, importing companies, local authorities, government institutions, development partners for sector coordination and competitiveness enhancement. The Guidelines provide for: registration and authorisation of all chia seeds planting materials; quality and export requirements; production system; traceability and documentation; exporters compliance with the guidelines; enforcement and related administrative measures.
Руанда · 2025-03-12