The African Union(AU) on Wednesday launched a new initiative to improve access to quality seeds for small-scale farmers across the African continent amid efforts to boost food production in the post COVID-19 pandemic era. Read more here
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ISSD Africa: Call for contributions
The coordination team of ISSD Africa Action Learning Topic 3: Agrobiodiversity, Seed & Climate Change is launch a call for case studies of practices, strategies and protocols that effectively use agro-biodiversity for climate change adaptation. Read More
ISSD Africa: Adopting good horticultural practices in Uganda
In 2018 East-West Seed Knowledge Transfer and the ISSD Plus program teamed up to see if they could effectively introduce high quality vegetable seed and necessary horticultural skills to Northern Uganda. Read More
ISSD Ethiopia: Mapping the needs of public seed sector services
This study charts the needs of public seed bodies in Ethiopia which should be addressed in order to advance seed sector transformation. Read More
Vice Versa Special Issue on Seeds
Good seeds can help farmers get better harvest, achieve higher food security and crop diversity. At the same time trading with seeds gives a lot of power to large seed companies. Vice Versa delved into the world of seeds and…
Government of Netherlands Seed Sector Development Brochure
The global food security challenge requires active involvement of the Netherlands, a world leader when it comes to seed. The diverse Dutch seed sector is active throughout the world, with Dutch companies the number-one supplier of various seeds and Dutch…
A solution to the controversy on plant variety protection in Africa
African countries are fast-tracking the protection of plant varieties by embracing the 1991 Convention of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV). The West-African Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle joined UPOV as its fifth African member…
