Seed equal

Demand-driven cereal seed systems focused on leveraging

Supporting more effective delivery of genetic gains from CGIAR cereal breeding, as well as building government, private sector, and NGO capacity to deliver productive, climate-resilient, and market-preferred varieties to smallholder farmers, leading to quantifiable increases in the rate of adoption.

Read about the Initiative’s other focus areas:

• Boosting legume seed access through a demand-led approach
• 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