Check out this interview about the Access to Seeds Index's work with Alice, the spotlight benchmark lead, and Wandie. youtube.com/watch?v=tdDzJ2t-…
My interview this week is with Alice Ingabire @am_alicee Lead, Access to Seeds Index. We discussed the index objectives and why its critical for seed companies and other stakeholders to collaborate with the index @SDGBenchmarks @ATSIndex
youtu.be/tdDzJ2t-AkU via @YouTube
The #seed industry can play a key role in helping farmers to grow more healthy and nutritious crops - that is why this week the team of @ATSIndex participates in the #SUNGG19 event of @SUN_Movement. accesstoseeds.org
Today the Expert Review Committee convened in Amsterdam to evaluate the findings of the second @ATSIndex and to draw up the roadmap towards the third edition
As winner of the @WorldFoodPrize, Simon Groot receives USD 200.000. Groot explained that it will be spent on @eastwestseed ‘s knowledge transfer activities in #Uganda #FoodPrize19
Small guys matter and so do vegetables: the secret of our success was being a true friend of the smallholder farmer - Simon Groot of @eastwestseed after receiving the @WorldFoodPrize #foodprize19
We want to move beyond reaching food security in Africa and see smallholder farmers as an engine for development - @rodger_voorhies of @gatesfoundation @foodprize19
We can transform the global food system if we go back and start with the building blocks of agriculture: seeds and the natural diversity that they contain, says @AslaugMarieHaga of @CropTrust #FoodPrize19
At #FoodPrize19, @JoOkot of @VictoriaSeeds calls for partnerships between multinationals and homegrown SME’s to help African farmers to grow sustainably. See here which SME’s are out there: accesstoseeds.org
Seed companies have focussed on benefits for farmers and should do more to show nutritional and environmental benefits for consumers to prevent a push back on new technologies we need to sustainably feed 10 billion people, says Liam Condon of @Bayer4Crops #FoodPrize19












