seed sector development
Lennin Musundire
Environmental health and biodiversity
Steering towards success
Environmental health and biodiversity
Inaugural Rwanda National Seed Congress paves the way for sustainable seed industry growth.
CIMMYT project helps educate farmers in Zimbabwe on seed practices and improved varieties
Climate adaptation and mitigation
A project run by CIMMYT is giving farmers access to demos, field days and seed fairs to improve their understanding of good agronomic practices and improved seed varieties.
Cereal seed systems
Capacity development
Discover how CIMMYT scientists support getting new improved seeds to farmers fields, faster.
Is a pluralistic seeds system a pathway to seed security in Ethiopia?
Nutrition, health and food security
Efforts to support inclusive and equitable access to seeds by farmers should recognize the different seed systems and the complementarity of formal and informal seed systems.
Hybrid seed production and marketing advances
Capacity development
Fostering private sector engagement to develop and scale locally-produced hybrids seeds in Nepal.
Out with the old, in with the new
Innovations
CIMMYT’s tried and tested approaches in varietal turnover and decades of experience in strengthening maize and wheat seed systems have a lot to contribute to CGIAR’s plan of building robust food systems by 2030.
Delivering improved maize seed against all odds
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Ugandan seed enterprise showcases the performance of stress-resilient maize varieties and engages agro-dealers as last mile seed merchants.
An instant seed market
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Seed fair in Masvingo, Zimbabwe — the first of its kind — increases smallholder access to stress tolerant varieties and knowledge on climate-smart technologies.
