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.

Stay here worldbenchmarkingalliance.org
  • Search
  • Share
  • Contact
  • About
  • Index
  • Companies
  • Countries
  • Methodology
  • News
  • Publications
Field Updates

‘When I reach the level of professional farming, I will have an option to buy land.’

December 1, 2016
Share

South African farmer John Tshlito leases 60ha of land from the government. He is not a smallholder by African standards, but not a large farmer by South African standards either. He is trained by Pioneer and AGRI Gauteng to become a professional seed grower. When John Tshlito reaches the level of professional farmer, he has an option to buy the land. Trained farmers cannot get a direct contract with Pioneer. They first need experience and access to finance. With support of Pioneer and AGRI Gauteng they will reach that level in five years.

See the photo report on our Facebook site

See other cases

Bridging the gap between the world’s leading seed companies and the smallholder farmer

The development of the Access to Seeds Index is supported by:


The Access to Seeds Foundation is an ally of the
World Benchmarking Alliance.

Stay up to date

Follow us by subscribing to our Newsletter.

Or find us on