Nigeria currently faces several challenges in the agri-food sector, most notably the low productivity of its farmers. Nigerian farmers achieve only about 40% of the yield attained by their global
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Introduction: Nigeria, known as one of West Africa’s prominent seed producers, faces various obstacles that hinder the production and marketing of seeds. These challenges include seed insecurity, pests and diseases,
We are delighted to provide an update on the recent Inception Workshop that brought together more than forty stakeholders from various sectors to discuss the dynamics of the institutional seed
We are delighted to present the recent updates from the Collaborative Seed Programme’s sales campaign, a collaborative initiative led by the Seed Company Marketing and Promotion Topic in partnership with
Are you a seed company ready to showcase your best-performing and climate-smart maize variety and prove it is the best in Nigeria? In order to identify the best-performing maize variety
The National Seed Road Map outlines a vision to make the Nigerian seed sector competitive, resilient, profitable, innovative, adaptive, inclusive, resistant, and transparent. The roadmap identifies 22 Strategic Innovation Pathways
The 4th Quarter National Seed Platform Meeting held on December 6, 2022, on prioritizing investments in the Nigerian seed sector from the development partners’ perspective. The Collaborative Seed Programme (CSP)
TheNextGen CassavaBreeding project, theIITACassava Breeding Unit, and Sahel Consulting organized a triadic comparison of technologies (Tricot) workshop with the Nigerian variety release committee recently. Sahel Consulting works with the Nigerian
The Collaborative Seed Programme (CSP) held its quarterly seed platform meeting on the 26th of April, 2022. The webinar is part of the programme’s strategic pathway in establishing and institutionalizing
The Collaborative Seed Programme (CSP) team, in partnership with the Seed Entrepreneurs Association of Nigeria (SEEDAN), conducted due diligence visits to 15 seed companies in Kaduna and Kano states. This