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Typical Green Revolution vs. Sub-Saharan Africa’s Immense Diversity

• 49 Countries

• Major Agro-Ecologies from Sea Level to >2,500 MASL

• > 1,000 Languages

• 17 Major Food Crops (maize, sorghum, rice, millet, beans,

cowpea, banana, cassava, sweet potato, Irish potato, tef,

wheat, groundnut, fonio, faba bean, yams, taro)

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CROPPING SEASONS IN SELECTED COUNTRIES

January February April May July September October December

Burkina Faso

Kenya

Malawi

Mali

Mozambique

Ethiopia

Ghana

Nigeria

Rwanda

Tanzania(No)

Tanzania

Uganda

First Season Second Season

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R&D (Public Sector) Production and Marketing (Private Sector)

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2017

Identify strongest univs. Identify breeding teams Identify seed enterprises Identify service providers

Establish grant support Develop breeding strategy Est. prod., market strategy Establish grant support

Recruit top-level fellows Establish grant support Establish grant support Oversee training

Curriculum oversight Breeding oversight Coordinate BDS training Oversee credit guarantee

Thesis research oversight Link breeders to SC’s. Monitor prod’n, marketing Link AD’s to seed co’s

Re-integrate students Assist commercialization Link to investment funds Create AD links to farmers

Program for Africa’s Seed Systems (PASS) Value Chain

‏ Other Results:

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670 new crop varieties developed and released; 431 commercialized;

501 MSc/PhD’s graduated;

114 private, African seed companies established;

19,174 agro-dealers trained, in operation.

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Benefits of Improved, Adapted Groundnut Varieties in Uganda

On the left, improved

variety bred by Dr.

David Okello, NARO

On the right,

Farmer’s Variety

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Benefits of Improved, Adapted Sorghum Varieties in West Africa

Left, local land race.

Right, hybrid sorghum

variety developed by Dr. Aboubacar

Toure, l’Institut de l’Economie Rurale.

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Benefits of Improved, Adapted Bean Varieties in Rwanda

In the foreground, improved

bush bean variety developed by

Augustine Musoni, Rwanda

Agricultural Board.

In the center, local bean variety.

Musoni with improved climbing bean

variety.

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670 New Crop Varieties Bred and Released

Chickpea, 2

Faba bean, 4

Teff, 4

Banana, 6

Wheat, 8Millet, 14

Pigeon pea, 10

Soybean, 14Groundnut, 26

Sorghum, 36

Cowpea, 46

Sweet potato, 65

Beans, 82

Cassava, 86

Rice, 90

Maize, 177

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COMMUNICATION & PARTNERSHIP UPDATE

Scaling Up Improved Seed Supply via Private, Independent, African Seed

Companies

Maslaha Seed Company, Nigeria

Producing certified seed of:

maize, rice, pearl millet,

sorghum, and cowpea.

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Equator Seeds, Uganda


maize, beans, rice, soybean,

sorghum, sesame, cowpea and

finger millet.

African Seed Companies, Cont.

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COMMUNICATION & PARTNERSHIP UPDATEPeacock Seeds,

Malawi



maize, beans, cowpea, and

groundnut.

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Faso Kaba Seed Co, Mali



maize, cowpea, sorghum,

millet, rice, and groundnut.

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20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

160,000

2,346.35,663.5

9,748.5

25,844.8

40,437.0

57,991.6

80,605.4

125,054.7

126,408.0128,939.0

141,942.6

Certified Seed Production(MT), 2007-2017

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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12 0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000

Liberia

DRC

Sierra Leone

Rwanda

South Sudan

Mozambique

Ghana

Niger

Mali

Kenya

Zambia

Malawi

Tanzania

Burkina Faso

Nigeria

Uganda

Ethiopia

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25

72

185

1,591

1,966

2,247

2,783

2,851

3,048

3,173

3,405

5,791

7,620

23,115

26,703

57,347

Certified Seed Production by Country (MT) in 2017

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114 Seed Companies Operating Across 18 Countries

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Chickpea, 2

Faba bean, 4

Teff, 4

Banana, 6

Wheat, 8Millet, 14

Pigeon pea, 10

Soybean, 14

Groundnut, 26

Sorghum, 36

Cowpea, 46

Sweet potato, 65

Beans, 82

Cassava, 86

Rice, 90

Maize, 177

Varieties Released by Crop (670 Vars.)

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5 Innovations That Helped to Scale:

1. Develop capacity at national level

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2. Approach seed supply for smallholder farmers as a business

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3. Train African seed companies to produce high-quality seed, at-scale, including hybrids.

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NAFASO6/11

Burkina Faso

FASO KABA7/11

Mali

Dryland Seeds(2)8/11

Seed Tech8/11

Malawi

Western Seed7/11

Wienco7/11

M&B Seeds10/11

Ghana

Peacock Enterprise Ltd9/11

Suba Agro9/11

Tanzania

Dryer

DA-ALLGREEN11/11

Nigeria

Alheri

2/12

Niger

Pearl Seed12/11

Uganda

PREMIER SEED (2) 1/12

Plant

Sementes Nzara Yapera10/12

Mozambique

Dengo Commercial10/12

Kenya

Fresco 2/13

Boman Seed

3/13Ethiopia

Funwe4/13

Chris Kaijuka5/13

Manoa Seed8/13

Value Seeds 10/13

Goldagric10/13

USAID-COOPS1/14-(4)

Meru Agro3/14

Agri Seed5/14

U of Nairobi5/14

Mozseed6/14

Africasia6/14

Seed Companies That Have Purchased Seed Processing

Equipment. Increase in or new capacity estimated at

8,000MT annual capacity per location. (33) Companies

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4. Increase farmer awareness of the value of higher-yielding seed and fertilizer.

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5. Build marketing chains where farmers live

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New Model for Scaling Technologies in Africa: Private Sector-led Extension

• Elements of a new approach include:

• Trusted local advisory services;

• Inclusive, “whole village” approach;

• Small “sample” packs to reduce “adoption risk”

• Practical technology demo’s under local conditions;

• Partnerships between public and private actors, and farmers;

• Farmer feedback via farmer field days.

Village 1

Village 4

Village 2

Village 3

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Funding Only the Most Direct Actions in Scaling Seeds Cuts out the Public Sector and

Ignores the Need for New Technologies.

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Lessons Learned on the Journey to Scaling Technologies

1. Public – private partnerships actually work, and take it

further;

2. Political will is critical, and can be nurtured;

3. There is huge untapped potential for SME growth in

African agri-business;

4. National agricultural research systems are a huge

source of innovation;

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