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Quality Declared Seed system would make use of resources already available in seed production organization in those countries where human and physical resources for quality control were otherwise limited. The book is designed to provide quality control during seed production which would be less demanding on government resources than seed certification, but that it could be sufficiently adequate to provide good quality seed both within countries and in international trade. However, the Quality Declared Seed system places greater reliance on the conscientiousness of seed producing farmers and seed traders. The book has not been designed as replacement for a fully developed seed certification scheme but rather to make the best use of limited technical resources. The system is designed to develop technical expertise within the seed industry so that seed production and distribution become more efficient and with the responsibility placed on producers and traders a climate will be created in which the conscientious traders a climate will be created in which the conscientious trader can prosper. Contents Part I: Guidelines Applicable to All Crop Species; Chapter 1: General; Chapter 2: Definitions; Chapter 3: Eligibility of varieties; Chapter 4: Register of Seed Producers; Chapter 5: Production of seeds; Chapter 6: Labeling; Chapter 7: Supervision by Governments; Chapter 8: Penalties; Chapter 9: Organizational framework; Chapter 10: Quality Declared Seed Declaration; Part II: Guidelines Applicable to Individual Crop Species; Cereals; Maize: Hybrid, Maize: open-pollinated, Pearl millet: Hybrid, Pearl millet: Synthetics and open-pollinated, Rice, Sorghum: Hybrid; Sorghum: Open-pollinated, Wheat; Food Legumes; Beans, Broad beans, Chickpeas, Cowpeas, Dry peas, Groundnuts, Lentils, Mungbeans, Soya bean; Oil Crops; Sesame, Sunflower: Hybrid, Sunflower: Open-pollinated; Forage Crops; Forage grasses, Andropogon gayanus, Bothriochloa insculpta, Brachiaria decumbens, Brachiaria humid