Access to Seeds Index on ANC News The Philippines

Access to Seeds Index released it’s very first South and Southeast Asia index ranking how seeds, capital in the region, perform and successful elevate the standard for smallholder farmers and discuss why the Philippines is not included in the list.

Access to Seeds Index on Kenya’s KBC One

Sanne Helderman, Senior Research Lead, presenting the 2019 Access to Seeds Index for Eastern and Soutern Africa in Nairobi.

Access to Seeds Index in Journal RT Sénégal 1

On 11 April 2019 the first edition of the Access to Seeds Index for Western and Central Africa was presented in Dakar, Senegal. The Senegalese evening news covered the press conference. The emission was been broadcasted across West Africa (in French).

Introduction to the Access to Seeds Index

How are seed companies contributing to smallholder farmer productivity, one of the main targets of SDG#2 Zero Hunger? The Access to Seeds Index is set to find out.

Découvrez l’indice de l’accès aux semences

Comment les entreprises semencières contribuent-elles à la productivité des petits exploitants, une des cibles principales de l’ODD n°2 faim «zéro» ? L’indice de l’accès aux semences le découvrira.

The Rise of Seed-producing Cooperatives in Western & Central Africa

Video submission of Nancy Wakawa Mohammed (Managing Director, Jirkur Seed) for the Access to Seeds Index's side-event at FAO Committee of Agriculture's 26th session. Nancy elaborates on the experience of Jirkur Seed in Borno State, Nigeria.

Bill Gates explains how an Index works

Bill Gates explains the importance of the Access to Medicine Index in creating incentives for working on infectious diseases and creating competition amongst the pharmaceutical industry in their strive for excellence.

Start of the World Benchmarking Alliance

While world leaders gathered in New York for the UN General Assembly and the Climate Week, the launch of the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) was announced at the New York Public Library on 21 September. The Access to Seeds Index is partner of this alliance and a source of inspiration for this initiative tracking corporate performance on the SDG-agenda.

‘Better seeds are key for climate-smart agriculture’

“With the worlds population expected to reach 9 billion by the middle of the century now is the time for us to act. The path to a sustainable food future will require unleashing the creative power of our best scientists and engineers and entrepreneurs, backed by public investment and private investment to deploy new innovations and climate-smart agriculture. Better seeds, better storage. Crops that grow with less water. Crops that grow in harsher climates. Mobile technologies that put more agriculture data including satellite imagery and weather forecasts and market prices into the hands of farmers so that they know what to plant and where to plant, how to plant and how it will sell.”

Promoting Smallholder Diversification into Vegetables – What Seed Companies Can Do

Joint presentation by Ido Verhagen, Executive Director Access to Seeds Index and Mary Ann Sayoc, General Manager East-West Seed The Philippines.

Access to seeds and food shortage

Thai Bangkok Post newspaper interviewed Wichai laocharoenpornkul, general manager of East-West Seed in Thailand on the company's mission and it's first position in the Access to Seeds Index.

Q&A on the Access to Seeds Index

IFPRI Policy Seminar: Supplying High-Quality Seeds and Traits to Smallholder Farmers: Policy and Investment Options for Developing-Country Seed Systems, held on April 28th in Washington, DC.

Panelists were: John C. Keyser (World Bank), Saharah Moon Chapotin (USAID Bureau for Food Security), Ido Verhagen (Access to Seeds Foundation), David Spielman (IFPRI, chair).

Supplying High-Quality Seeds to Smallholder Farmers

Ido Verhagen, executive director, Access to Seeds Foundation presented the findings of the Access to Seeds Index at a IFPRI Policy Seminar: Supplying High-Quality Seeds and Traits to Smallholder Farmers: Policy and Investment Options for Developing-Country Seed Systems, held on April 28th in Washington, DC.

Why is access to seeds important? President Obama explains

President Obama delivers remarks while touring the Faffa Food Factory in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 28 2015. Ethiopian farmer Gifty Jemal Hussein explained to President Obama how her life has improved since the use of quality seeds helped her to triple her yields. Source: http://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse

Sharon Dijksma on smallholders, private sector and the Access to Seeds Index

Smallholders are key to food security in Africa. The Access to Seeds Index is one of the projects that focus on action to strengthen the capacity of smallholders.

What leaders say on the Access to Medicine Index

Short compilation of quotes on the Access to Medicine Index by Andrew Witty (CEO GlaxoSmithKline), Margaret Chan (DG World Food Organization) and Bill Gates (Co-Chair Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)

Commitments towards improving seed systems

Gerbrand Haverkamp, Ministry Economic Affairs, at the launch of ISSD Africa, 18 September 2014
"The Access to Seeds Index aims to further engage leading seed companies in agricultural development and combating food security. Leading seed companies with their expertise and capacity to scale have a lot to offer for farmers in developing countries. By ranking these companies according to their commitments and performance we create a benchmark system that allows us to credit companies for what they do and stimulate them to make the extra effort. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been a close partner in many of these efforts".