Review: Improving the enabling environment to strengthen Rwanda’s tree seed and seedling systems

Key Recommendations

• Update and implement the Forestry Reproductive Materials Guidelines (MoE 2018) and the Tree Reproductive Materials Strategy (MINILAF 2018) to improve identification, documentation, and protection of native tree seed sources.
• Expand and identify a national network of certified tree seed sources managed by recognized seed source custodians.
• Strengthen access to and use of native tree species by conducting phenology studies and streamlining permit processes in protected areas for tree seed collectors.
• Develop and widely disseminate species-specific seed zoning and planting maps to guide all tree planting decisions.
• Introduce and enforce national nursery standards requiring full traceability of seed origin throughout seedling production.
• Ensure farmers and extension agents have clear, accessible agroforestry guidance tailored to local conditions and agency mandates.
• Shift the National Tree Seed Centre (NTSC) from sole tree seed production toward a regulatory and supportive role while expanding trained tree seed cooperatives and NTSC sub-centres.
• Clarify and communicate the roles and responsibilities of all actors, formally recognizing seed source custodians within the delivery system.

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TI  - Review: Improving the enabling environment to strengthen Rwanda’s tree seed and seedling systems 
AU  - Charbonnier, S. 
AU  - Lillesø, J-P.B. 
AU  - Pedercini, F. 
AU  - Friborg, K.G. 
AU  - Dawson, I.K. 
AU  - Graudal, L. 
AU  - Mukuralinda, A. 
AB  - Key Recommendations
Update and implement the Forestry Reproductive Materials Guidelines (MoE 2018) and the Tree Reproductive Materials Strategy (MINILAF 2018) to improve identification, documentation, and protection of native tree seed sources.
Expand and identify a national network of certified tree seed sources managed by recognized seed source custodians.
Strengthen access to and use of native tree species by conducting phenology studies and streamlining permit processes in protected areas for tree seed collectors.
Develop and widely disseminate species-specific seed zoning and planting maps to guide all tree planting decisions.
Introduce and enforce national nursery standards requiring full traceability of seed origin throughout seedling production.
Ensure farmers and extension agents have clear, accessible agroforestry guidance tailored to local conditions and agency mandates.
Shift the National Tree Seed Centre (NTSC) from sole tree seed production toward a regulatory and supportive role while expanding trained tree seed cooperatives and NTSC sub-centres.
Clarify and communicate the roles and responsibilities of all actors, formally recognizing seed source custodians within the delivery system. 
PY  - 2026 
PB  - CIFOR-ICRAF 
PP  - Bogor, Indonesia and Nairobi, Kenya 
UR  - https://www.cifor-icraf.org/knowledge/publication/46734/ 
KW  - agroforestry, certification, genetic resources, native species, restoration, seed quality, seed systems, tree seeds 
ER  -

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%T Review: Improving the enabling environment to strengthen Rwanda’s tree seed and seedling systems 
%A Charbonnier, S. 
%A Lillesø, J-P.B. 
%A Pedercini, F. 
%A Friborg, K.G. 
%A Dawson, I.K. 
%A Graudal, L. 
%A Mukuralinda, A. 
%D 2026 
%I CIFOR-ICRAF 
%C Bogor, Indonesia and Nairobi, Kenya 
%U https://www.cifor-icraf.org/knowledge/publication/46734/ 
%X Key Recommendations
Update and implement the Forestry Reproductive Materials Guidelines (MoE 2018) and the Tree Reproductive Materials Strategy (MINILAF 2018) to improve identification, documentation, and protection of native tree seed sources.
Expand and identify a national network of certified tree seed sources managed by recognized seed source custodians.
Strengthen access to and use of native tree species by conducting phenology studies and streamlining permit processes in protected areas for tree seed collectors.
Develop and widely disseminate species-specific seed zoning and planting maps to guide all tree planting decisions.
Introduce and enforce national nursery standards requiring full traceability of seed origin throughout seedling production.
Ensure farmers and extension agents have clear, accessible agroforestry guidance tailored to local conditions and agency mandates.
Shift the National Tree Seed Centre (NTSC) from sole tree seed production toward a regulatory and supportive role while expanding trained tree seed cooperatives and NTSC sub-centres.
Clarify and communicate the roles and responsibilities of all actors, formally recognizing seed source custodians within the delivery system. 
%K agroforestry 
%K certification 
%K genetic resources 
%K native species 
%K restoration 
%K seed quality 
%K seed systems 
%K tree seeds