Your Seed Story

ISSD Africa Photo Competition

Elijah Mwashayenyi – SEVIA Extension officer advises a farmer on cabbage and onion production during Nanenane (Agricultural Show). We use demonstrations (which epitomise the theme "Seeing is Believing") to show farmers how to grow improved varieties and utilise better technologies.

Grace Gitu – AFSTA Africa Seed Trade Association(AFSTA) brings seed stakeholders together to share experiences of the Africa seed industry, understanding,` collectively we enable availability of the best quality seeds to farmers that ultimately lead to improved food security for the continent’.

Raphael Laizer – MoA Clean Cassava Cuttings preparation in Masasi District, Tanzania 2012. Cassava being an important crop in Masasi, is attacked by CBSD and CMD which are threats to productivity. Recommended management practices are planting clean cuttings and rouging out observed infected plants.

Doris Pouzaa - CORAF/WECARD Women cleaning and sorting seed at the premises of a seed enterprise in Niamey, Niger (April, 2016), some of their important roles in the seed sector

Stephen Tindimubona – UNSPPA Improved seed potatoes plus improved management practices equals to improved production, improved income and improved standards of living.

David Ndung'u – AGRA Harnessing the Harvest: Small boys help their parents shell maize of Longe 5 variety -an improved OPV, in Yei county, South Sudan.

Fetien Abay – MU This barley variety has unique varietal traits used for dry and medium altitudes and high quality used for drought affected areas. The farmer in one of the trial sites demonstrates the relevance of this quality seed variety, Tigray, Ethiopia.

Willem Heemskerk – KIT Demonstrating a new sweet potato variety by host farmer in Tanzania, Lake Zone. Variety originated from Lake Zone Agricultural Research Institute (ARI-Ukiriguru) and is multiplied by a Farmer Research Group.

Kennedy Bisani Lweya – CIMMYT Zimbabwe Maize Lethal Necrosis (MLN) disease screening facility which was established in 2013 after MLN was reported and huge losses experienced in Kenya in 2011 (77,000Ha of maize crop was lost)

Jonas Yogo – Agroproductions This is 20 ha of Maize Hybrid Seed field in Burkina Faso. It is yellow maize which can produce between 8-10 tons per ha. We encourage hybrid seed use by farmers because of the high yield potential and diversify use of yellow maize: human consumption and animal feed production and to increase the farmers revenue and fight again poverty in rural area.

Gloria Otieno Bioversity International Showcasing bean diversity in a Community Seed fair in Nakaseke, Uganda in 2014

David Eagle – MEDA Smallholder cassava farmer in Masasi District (Tanzania) purchases planting material from Quality Declared Seed (QDS) producer. This material has been inspected by Tanzania Official Seed Certification Institute (TOSCI) and affixed with a certification label. This farmer paid 200 Tsh (0.09 USD) per stem.

Goeffrey Otim - ISSD Uganda Ms. Ouni Betty impressed with a groundnut variety during a Participatory Variety Selection process at Ngetta Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute.

Kawuma Christine Menya - ISSD Uganda LSB internal quality control committee supported by ISSD Expert to rouging sesame seed field. Dokolo district, Northern Uganda

3rd place......

Simeon Komen – Kephis Teresa Kimalel observes maturity of her Collard seed in Lelan, Marakwet Sub County, 2012

2nd place......

Cyriaque Shizubwoba – IFDC Producers know the value of using quality seed. During the seed fair, theses women who sell potato seeds from the informal seed system have not sold their seeds as usual. Certified seed were most sold compared to informal seed.

Our winner is!!!

Ivan Rwomushana – ICIPE Seed potato production on small seed plots of 1m x 9m (background) in the hilly areas of Kayanza optimizes the exploitation of scarce land resources in Burundi