The National Reference Group (NRG) recommends that Agriculture policymakers should make sure that the growing seeds industry is inclusive of representatives of smallholder farmers and their associations in order to design a sustainable seed system managed by farmers whereby they will not have to buy seeds from agro-dealers every planting season. To this endeavor, our endogenous seeds must be protected and promoted as a national heritage within the seed industry in Rwanda. The NRG is a think-tank made of different stakeholders in agriculture value chain including farmers, agribusiness companies, researchers, members of parliament, media, civil society organizations among others. Samples of endogenous seeds at the national dialogueAccording to Francois Munyentwari, Country Director of the Association for Cooperation and Research in Development (ACORD) that organizes NRG dialogues, “Our traditional seeds are a national common heritage and must not disappear. For food security, our wish is that research be carried out on these seeds to keep what they have positive to enrich by an external contribution. These traditional seeds are exchangeable, sustainable, qualitative, nutritious and tasty. They have medicinal and cultural values, they are resilient to climate change and fitting in the local agroecological environment. Furthermore their productivity can be improved to…