Plant breeding is the core activity of many seed companies around the world, but this is not the case in Western and Central Africa. Only 11 of the 23 index companies conduct plant breeding. Three of these are Nigerian (Maslaha Seeds, Premier Seed, Value Seeds), one is from Mali (SOPROSA), three operate internationally (East-West Seed, Seed Co, Syngenta) and four are part of the Novalliance group (Nankosem, Semagri, Technisem, Tropicasem). In 15 of the 22 countries in scope (70%), no breeding by index companies was found.
Integration with the World Benchmarking Alliance
The Access to Seeds Index is now part of the World Benchmarking Alliance. All indexes up to 2020 can be found here. New indexes and methodologies are published on the website of the WBA.
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