41 SEED TESTING INTERNATIONAL APRIL 2026 • ACCREDITATION Journey to Re-Accreditation for the Kyrgyz Central Seed Expertise Laboratory Gulsyinat Noruzbaeva1 and Kulmira Kaldaralieva2 1Head of Laboratory 2Quality Manager THE CENTRAL SEED EXPERTISE LABORATORY[YM1.1] (KG01) OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EXPERTISE OF AGRICULTURAL CROPS AND HORTICULTURE, under the Ministry of Water, Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic, is currently the only ISTA accredited laboratory in the Central Asian countries of the former Soviet Union. The main tasks of the laboratory are to test seeds of agricultural crops according to the International Rules for Seed Testing (ISTA Rules) and to issue Orange International Certificates for the export of seeds and National Certificates of Conformity. The laboratory’s history dates back to 1997. That year, with the support of the Agricultural Support Services Project, funded by the World Bank, as well as projects of the Technical Assistance to the Commonwealth of Independent States (TACIS) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), work was carried out to establish and prepare the Central Laboratory of the Republican State Seed Inspectorate (RSSI) for its accreditation to ISTA. Zakhifa Omorbekova, Head of RSSI, made the greatest contribution to the Central Laboratory’s ISTA accreditation. In 2001, a building was purchased for the office of RSSI of the Kyrgyz Republic with assistance from the World Bank’s Agricultural Support Services Project, Seed Production component, Seed Certification subcomponent. The premises Training course on the ISTA Rules at the Swedish Board of Agriculture laboratory SEDL0200 in May 2008: laboratory specialists, together with Ulf Kshelström (Head) and staff of the Swedish laboratory Laboratory specialists and staff of the laboratory in Sweden, May 2008 were renovated, and equipment was purchased for the laboratory with assistance from the TACIS
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