Tanzania Official Seed Certification (TOSCI) is a government
Institute under the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) established under the
Seeds Act No. 18, 2003. TOSCI is responsible for Certification and
promotion of quality agricultural seeds
produced o imported into the country for sale to safeguarding farming
community from poor (fake) seeds from vendors of farm inputs.
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TOSCI has five mainly branches including the head office located in Morogoro Municipal. The other four branches are located at Tengeru (Arusha), Maheve (Njombe), Ukiriguru (Mwanza) and Naliendele (Mtwara). Vision: A Farming Community with Quality Seed and Planting Material for Productivity and Profitability. Mission: To control and enable seed quality through variety verification, seed and planting material certification and facilitate private and public sector to produce and sell seed of high quality that meet international quality standards.
To deliver quality agricultural and cooperative services, provide conducive environment to stakeholders, build capacity of local Government Authorities and facilitate the private sector to contribute effectively to sustainable agricultural production, productivity and cooperative development. Nucleus for providing policy guidance and services to a modernized, commercialized, competitive and effective agriculture and cooperative systems by 2025
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NEW TRANSFER VACANCIES AT TOSCI, JUNE 2023
The organization is inviting applications from Tanzanians to apply for new vacancies. READ FULL DETAILS THROUGH THE PDF DOCUMENT BELOW:
