Joe DeVries

@Claude_Kakule_M @SystemsSeed Thanks for your partnership, Claude and WFP team. There is indeed real hope embodied in the new seed planted at INPA-Contuboel station in Guinea-Bissau

Low farmer🧑🏿‍🌾 productivity drives #foodinsecurity & poverty in rural #GuineaBissau. Yet, there is hope! Partnering w/@SystemsSeed, we're testing high-yield/climate-resilient #seed varieties at the Agricultural Research Centre in Contuboel, Bafatá region, to empower local farmers.

@EY_Danquah @wacci_gh Congratulations and well done, Eric!

𝙵𝚘𝚌𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 @wacci_gh 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝚆𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝙰𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚂𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚜. 𝚁𝚎𝚙𝚞𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚕. reputationpoll.com/100-most-reput….

Spent a great week in the field in Togo with SSG board members, IDRC rep Dr Genevieve Laroche, ITRA crop scientists, seed companies, and farmers, seeing good progress toward sustainable supply of higher yielding, climate resistant seed among Togo’s 1 million farmers.

@TimothyAWise @SAFCEI @Afsafrica @greenfaithworld @annalappe If you had a stronger background in agriculture you’d recognize that what we’re doing (blending local tech with modern, micro-dosing inputs, consulting regularly w farmers) is far removed from a typical Green Revolution approach. You’d also recognize that it’s working:).

"Donors & #African governments should question their faith in the Green Revolution & start listening to the continent’s farmer & faith leaders: Your Green Revolution is failing & you need to change course." @SAFCEI @Afsafrica @greenfaithworld @annalappe nation.africa/kenya/blogs-op…

This week, part of our team visited the Hybrid seed production field of Domah Seed Co of Togo. During the visit, the group toured the field to see firsthand the commitment to utilizing high-quality hybrid seeds to maximize yield. #everyfarmerdeservesgoodseed

@ScrpSomalia @SystemsSeed @WorldBank @MOAI_Somalia @BihiEgeh @HonBeenebeene @MoF_Somalia @MoPIED_Somalia @Tawane_A @AlinurSalaad @s_saleiman SSG was very pleased to play a role at last week’s launching of the Somali Seed Systems Recovery Initiaitice together with the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, the SCRP, and private Somali seed companies. Onward!

The meeting sets the wheels in motion for the Seed Sector Capacity Building project in Somalia. Through #SCRP, gov't & partners align their vision, expertise, and resources to foster innovation, resilience, & inclusivity in the seed sector. @SystemsSeed @WorldBank @MOAI_Somalia

Successful kick-off meeting held for the Seed Sector Capacity Building sub project of the #SCRP! Fruitful discussions between the government and partners set the stage for a collaborative journey towards a resilient and thriving seed sector @SystemsSeed @WorldBank

Seed Systems Group and ISABU kicking off a training session on hybrid maize seed production in Burundi and DR Congo today in Cibitoke, Burundi.

@bernie_mudhe @IFAD @IFADEastAfrica @FAOMalawi @UNMalawi Well done Bernadette! Still serving the under-served people of Eritrea. Thank you for allowing SSG to do its part as well.

Honored to co-host with FAO & WFP, a delegation from the Eritrean Government for a study tour of IFAD, WFP & FAO agriculture development Programmes in Malawi. Thanks to UNRC Becky & the Government of Malawi for supporting this RBAs initiative!

@Agnes_Kalibata @AGRA_Africa RIP Sir Gordon. You were a great RF President, and a good comrade all the way.

Togo’s farmers getting access to locally produced hybrid maize seed for the first time in the country’s history. Onward!

I was inspired by the drive and brilliance by our Eritrean and Somali MSc fellows studying at Makerere Center for Crop Improvement (MaARCI). These are true game-changing investments made by IFAD and SSG in the future of these countries’ food systems.

@DrStephanWinte1 @JYabeja @Leibniz_DSMZ_en @NextGenCassava @SamarSheat Sounds great. Where can we get cuttings?

I am proud and happy that this #virus #resistant #cassava #DSC496, our first prototype with high resistance against All #CMD and #CBSD viruses growing in Kivu DRCongo, also carries a German heart. Tubers are very tasty! @Leibniz_DSMZ_en @nextgencassava

who included the local provincial leadership & the government extension representatives. The objective here was to familiarise the Govt of Burundi about our Small Pack technology, the VBA model and to understand the current extension model in the country.

Last week, in partnership with FIPS Africa, we carried out a familiarization session on the small pack methodology in Ngozi province in North Western Burundi.  Dr. Patrick Mutuo, IITA coordinator in Burundi, presented the AID-I project to participants,

@SystemsSeed First hybrid maize varieties tested in Eastern Congo in over five years. Next step: local production by Congolese seed companies of the best!

In AMAZING news, 10 maize hybrid varieties are currently being tested by AGRIFORCE: 2 hybrid varieties from Qualibasic, 7 varieties from  previous work by the PASS program and 1 variety of Longe 10H, a maize hybrid.

How amazing and beautiful is this diversity of seeds in a market in Antsirabe, Madagascar 🇲🇬? Absolutely stunning! #EveryFarmerDeservesGreatSeed

Breeding to seed and feed Africa. @SystemsSeed

We spent a week visiting the seed companies we are working with in Madagascar. Farmer demand for higher yielding varieties is growing fast, and supplies are woefully insufficient. But we are moving!

Yesterday, the Minister of Agric. of Madagascar, Hon. Harfidy Ramilison, opened a seminar on farmers’ crop variety preferences and access to seeds sponsored by SSG and IDRC. The Minister urged us to “Go faster, go further” to bring better-performing seed to Madagascar’s farmers.