Seed equal

Partnerships, capacity building, and coordination to ensure uptake of public-bred varieties and other innovations

This area of work focuses on leveraging comparative strengths of national agricultural research and extension systems (NARES), the private sector, and civil society organizations, among others, in early generation seed production, commercial seed delivery, enabling seed policies, inclusive seed systems and variety promotion.

Read about the Initiative’s other focus areas:

• Demand-driven cereal seed systems focused on leveraging
• Boosting legume seed access through a demand-led approach
• Scaling demand-responsive delivery of vegetatively propagated crop seed
• 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