A Farmer-driven approach to seed supply in Africa

Hunger and poverty in Africa has a solution

Our Mission

Every farmer deserves good seed

The mission of Seed Systems Group is to extend the recent advances in seed systems development to farmers in countries of Africa that have so far been left behind.

Our Work

In 15 target countries

Approximately 38 million farmers live in 15 African countries where there is virtually no access to seed of improved crop varieties, including Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Guinea, Madagascar, Republic of Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.

Seed Systems Group works to establish regular, dependable supply of high-yielding, resilient seed of a wide range of food crops among poor, smallholder farmers to help them improve their crop yields, nutritional status, and income. The Seed Systems Group is a non-profit organization registered in the United States and headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.

15

COUNTRIES TARGETED

320M+

ESTIMATED POPULATION

38M+

EST. SMALL HOLDER FARMERS

670+

IMPROVED VARIETIES RELEASED

Where we work

15 target countries

With improved crop varieties now available to allow farmers in virtually any African country to intensify production systems, and a proven method for developing seed delivery systems, we seek to bring the power of high-yielding, locally adapted seed to the tens of millions of farmers living in the 15 countries below in the push for food security in All of Africa.