Issoufou Kapran

[Seed Systems Group @SystemsSeed]

Agro-dealers are the essential last-mile link for farmers. In our October Newsletter, read how SSG trained 701 agro-dealers across 10 countries and helped formalize businesses through licensing to build trusted, reliable seed markets.

Read more: https://t.co/aMCqolV2GB
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[Seed Systems Group @SystemsSeed]

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES | SSG GHANA 🇬🇭
Seed Systems Group (SSG) is recruiting for three positions in Tamale, Ghana:
• Country Coordinator
• Office Administrator
• Driver Assistant

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Big news! Seed Systems Group and IGAD have partnered to advance stronger seed systems across IGAD Member States. Better seeds mean better yields and stronger food security for millions of smallholder farmers.
Read the full update on our partnership here: https://t.co/p4TQQS7O8O

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We recently hosted the VACS Seed Systems Project closeout workshop in Thiès, Senegal, marking the culmination of three years of targeted implementation.

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Discussions reaffirmed the value of partnerships in building stronger seed systems for climate-resilient and nutrition-dense crops.

Similar events were held in Senegal on 21 September 2026 and Ghana on 23 September 2026.

#VACS #SSG #ClimateResilience #FoodSystems #Partnerships

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SSG convened Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) Seed Systems Project Dissemination Workshop at Trademark Suites, Enaki Hotel, Nairobi on 22 Sep 2026. SSG co-implemented the VACS Seed Systems initiative with CIMMYT across 6 countries and led implementation in Kenya, Ghana,

[Eric Danquah @EY_Danquah]

63 years after Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah declared that science could make the Sahara bloom, sub-Saharan Africa still struggles to get innovation to farmers. Good genetics cannot save a broken delivery system. An innovation sitting on a research station changes nothing.
At #WAFI2026 in Beijing, I made the case: We must move from short-term projects to capitalized national research funds and world-class African universities. Without them, there is no seat at the global table.
Cry, my beloved continent—then let’s build the ecosystem to deliver. 🌾🌍
#FoundersDay #KwameNkrumah #AgrifoodSystems #AfricanScience #WACCI #ClimateResilience

[Seed Systems Group @SystemsSeed]

SSG is partnering with Somalia’s Ministry of Agriculture & Irrigation and local actors to build sustainable seed systems, boosting smallholder productivity and food security.

Read more:
https://t.co/pb2ln3ZFzZ

#Somalia #FoodSecurity #SustainableAgriculture #SSG

[Eric Danquah @EY_Danquah]

AGRA at 20 gives us an opportunity to examine what worked and what Africa must do next.

AGRA invested about $11.5m in WACCI. We built on it, mobilising total investments of over $40m and developing generations of African crop improvement scientists.

My central reflection:

Africa has built centres of excellence and excellent people. The next step is to build ecosystems of excellence around them: environments where talent is funded, equipped and connected, and science moves from laboratories to farmers, industry and markets.

African governments must become serious co-investors in this next phase.

My reflections on AGRA at 20 and the next twenty years of African agricultural transformation.

#AGRAat20 #WACCI #AfricanAgriculture #ScienceAndInnovation

[Eric Danquah @EY_Danquah]

Four years ago in Kigali, I received the 2022 Africa Food Prize.

I am back for #AFSF2026 with my eyes firmly on the future.

Africa is racing against time. We must move from participating in global agri-innovation to leading it through scientific discovery, innovation and impact.

That is the Africa we must build.

#AgriInnovation #AfricanAgriculture #FoodSystems

[Seed Systems Group @SystemsSeed]

Last week in Juba, the SSG team met the South Sudan’s Under-Secretary for Agriculture & crop breeding scientists for the purpose of laying a firm foundation for long-term food security and agricultural growth.

#SouthSudan #Juba #SSG

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Theory comes to life when you step onto the shop floor and into the field.

As part of our capacity-building initiative that took place last week in Wa, Ghana, participants took part in field visits to active visits to agro-dealer shops.

#Ghana #Agribusiness #SeedSystems #SSG

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This past Wednesday, our team traveled to Baidoa in the South West State of Somalia alongside our colleague Asebe for an intensive field assessment. The mission focused heavily on mapping out forage production models and practical feed conservation systems.

#Somalia #SSG

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Yesterday, our team wrapped up an intensive field mission to the Lower Shabelle Region in Somalia to dive deep into local forage and livestock feed systems. Understanding what animals eat is just as critical to food security as the crops on our plates.

#Somalia #SSG

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MAFS Extension Division, in collaboration with FIPS Africa and Seed Systems Group(SSG) is providing access to improved seed varieties in small packs through the Village Based Advisors Model, which puts access and knowledge in the village, chiefdom by chiefdom.

#SSG #MAFS

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Yesterday kicked off Day 1 of our agrodealers’ training in Senegal on business management essentials to help them better serve their farming communities.

#Agribusiness #SmallBusiness #SeedSystems #SSG

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SSG is strengthening South Sudan’s agricultural future. With new irrigation infrastructure, the Palotaka Basic Seeds Centre is now better equipped for greater Early Generation Seed (EGS) production and supply.

Read more: https://t.co/C8tR2quxbq

#Agribusiness #WestAfrica #SSG

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From the fields of Somalia. Our SSG team met with farmers in Johwar to discuss how IFAD-backed improved seeds are boosting harvests & resilience.

#Somalia #SmallholderFarmers #CommunityVoices #Agriculture #FoodSecurity #SSG

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With support from the World Food Programme (WFP), Seed Systems Group (SSG) has been training local seed producers and agrodealers in Gabu, Guinea-Bissau on seed production technologies and input commercialization.

[Issoufou Kapran @jikantankari]

@LegacyCrop Wonderful!