Seed equal

Boosting legume seed access through a demand-led approach

Building on growing demand for grain legume through a multi-stakeholder approach that strengthens partnerships to have efficient, more predictable, and demand-led access to new varieties. Leveraging market pull, incentivizing private sector participation, and building capacity among seed entrepreneurs is helping accelerate delivery of quality seed, particularly to marginal farmers and women.

Read about the Initiative’s other focus areas:

• Demand-driven cereal seed systems focused on leveraging
• Scaling demand-responsive delivery of vegetatively propagated crop seed
• Partnerships, capacity building, and coordination to ensure uptake of public-bred varieties and other innovations
• Policies for varietal turnover, seed quality assurance, and trade in seeds
• Scaling equitable access to quality seed
• Strengthening resilience through inclusive seed and product value chains