The Seed Production for Africa Initiative will ensure that improved crop varieties are produced and distributed through private and public channels (including seed companies, public community seed systems and public extension) so that farmers can adopt these varieties.  In five years, this grant should result in improved seed varieties distributed through SEPA projects planted on 1.3 million hectares with retail value of $58 million, an increase of 13% in the supply of improved seed.  Total project cost: $24 million, of which Rockefeller contribution will be $8 million.

Funded Seed Production Grants:

• A Project to Supply Quality Seed of Cereals, Legumes, and Oil Crops to Resource-Poor Farmers in Northern Ghana, Patrick Adingtingah Apullah, Savanna Seed Services Company Limited, Grant No: 2008 PASS 045

• Delivery of seed of improved, adapted crop varieties in un-reached areas of Mali, Maimouna Coulibaly, Faso Kaba, Grant No: 2007 PASS 016

• Availing improved seed to small-scale farmers in Tete Province-Mozambique, Alfredo Azariasdique, Alfredo Azarias Dique, trading as Insumos Agricultura e Pecuária, Grant No: 2007 PASS 041

• Sustainable Seed Production and Promotion of Maize and other    selected crops in the Forest and Forest Transition Zones of Ghana, Felicia Ewool, Alpha Seed Enterprise,  Grant No: 2008 PASS 029

• Assist in developing and fostering the ability of the private seed sector in Africa to provide improved seeds to small scale farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa on a sustainable basis, Aline O'Connor Funk, Aline Funk,  Grant No: 2008 PASS C002

• Reducing hunger and poverty among Tanzanian  small-scale farmers through use of improved seed, Rajesh Atya Karavadra, Krishna Seed Company Limited, Grant No: 2008 PASS 005

• Strengthening the capacity of Anno Agro-Industry in seed production and dissemination to effectively serve poor small-scale farmers of Ethiopia, Tesfaye Kumsa, Anno Agro-Industry P.L.C., Grant No: 2008 PASS 007

• Sustainable community-based, farmer-led bean seed enterprises to reach communities not served by the formal seed sector for improved income and livelihoods, Dennis T Kyetere, National Agricultural Research Organization, Grant No: 2008 PASS 018

• Seed Production and Dissemination, Jon Lane, Funwe Farm Limited, Grant No: 2007 PASS 037

• Certified orphan seeds for Kenyan arid and semi-arid zones, Nigel Leakey, Leldet Limited, Grant No: 2007 PASS 035

• Promotion of improved seeds of food crops for higher productivity of smallholder farmers in Dogondoutchi, Niger, Issoufou Maizama, Enterprise Semenciere Alheri, Grant No: 2008 PASS 062

• Uplifting the welfare of the small-scale farmers in Mozambique through the provision of improved seed, John Makoni, Semente Perfeita Limitada, Grant No: 2007 PASS 017

• Production and delivery of improved seed to poor small-scale farmers in Tanzania, Sardul Singh Mand, Zanobia Seeds Limited, Grant No: 2008 PASS 008

• Production and dissemination of improved seed of maize, pigeon pea and sesame in Tanzania, Isaka M. Mashauri, Tanseed International Ltd., Grant No: 2007 PASS 044

• Multiplication of high yielding and disease tolerant cassava clones and creation of distribution channels for planting material, Musyimi B. Muli, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Grant No: 2008 PASS 033

• Enhancing seed production and dissemination in Northern Province of Rwanda, Thaddee Nibishaka, Cooperatives des Agriculteurs des Maïs dans la Région des Volcans, Grant No: 2008 PASS 001

• Seed production and dissemination of improved, high-yielding and disease resistant bean varieties, Reuben M. Otsyula, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Grant No: 2007 PASS 045

• Improved seed multiplication and distribution in the Eastern Province, Rwanda, Alphonse Rukeribuga, Rwanda Seed Company Limited, Grant No: 2008 PASS 025

• Enhancing farmers' initiatives for multiplication and dissemination of cassava virus tolerant planting materials in Zanzibar, Haji Hamid Saleh, Division of Research and Training, Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives, Grant No: 2007 PASS 025

• Seed Production and Distribution in Malawi, Frank Samidu, Seed-Tech Company, Grant No: 2007 PASS 038

• Advancing Africa's Green Revolution through private seed companies, Krisztina Tihanyi, Market Matters Inc, Grant No: 2008 PASS 019

• Development of seed certification policy, Robert B. Tripp, Development of seed certification policy, Grant No: 2008 PASS C001

• Multiplication and promotion of Black Sigatoka-resistant banana genotypes in Uganda, Wilberforce Tushemereirwe,  National Agricultural Research Organization,  Grant No: 2007 PASS 032

• Community seed production to increase access to improved seeds for small scale farmers in southern Borno State of Nigeria, Mohammed Hassan Wakawa, JIRKUR Seed Producers Cooperative Society Limited, Biu, Grant No: 2008 PASS 042