Author: CIRAD & INERA, 2020
Topics: Legislation / Governance / Harmonisation
This working paper summarizes the basis of knowledge and information on public policy that regulate the seed sector in the West African. It synthesizes the contributions of several sources of information relating to master’s work, experts’ interviews, consultations’ forums between 2016 and 2020.
Author: seedsystem.org (2020)
Topics: Policy / Planning / Emergency / Covid-19
Covid-19 is bringing new challenges, including to farmers, seed systems, and to seed security response. This brief is part of a set of guidance notes that aim to help humanitarian practitioners think through the possible effects of Covid -19 on farmers’ seed security – and then to offer guidance on possible response options, if needed.
Author: Global Alliance for the Future of Food (2019)
Topics: Policy / Research / Partnerships / Governance
The Resilient Seed Systems Shared Action Framework (available in English and Spanish) is a strategic guide for diverse stakeholders to take a holistic, collaborative approach to protecting and enhancing the world’s seed systems and to galvanize the action on agricultural biodiversity.
Author: FAO & AfricaSeeds (2019)
Topics: Policy / Research / Partnerships / Finance of the seed sector
FAO and AfricaSeeds developed the Seeds Toolkit, a six-volume manual in three languages (English, Spanish and French) designed to support stakeholders of the seed sector.
The collaboration agreement between AfricaSeeds and the government of Côte d’Ivoire was signed on July 7 during a high-level ceremony organizedREAD MORE
AfricaSeeds and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) worked together to deliver long-awaited training material on seed sector operations.
Upon request of the African Union Commission earlier this year, AfricaSeeds is laying out the basis for a conversation towards addressing the issue of READ MORE
Conveyed by the African Union Commission, in partnership with AfricaSeeds, a pool of experts from African countries gathered to deliberate on the progress READ MORE
AfricaSeeds and key stakeholders have come together in Abidjan to validate the project document on the next four years of the Seed Knowledge Gateway (SKG), an online platform on seed information for Africa.
