Discover the ASBP

Urgent action is needed to create sustainable food security in Africa for which the development of the seed sector at the continental, regional and national levels is an essential element. Seed is one of the most crucial elements in the livelihoods of agricultural communities.

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Background

The report of the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) states that as of 2001, (we need a more recent statistic for this) about 28 million people in Africa have been facing food emergencies due to droughts, floods and strife, of which some 25 million needed emergency food and agricultural assistance. Urgent action is needed to create sustainable food security in Africa for which the development of the seed sector at the continental, regional and national levels is an essential element.

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Institutional arrangements

In order to effectively and efficiently translate the intentions of the ASBP into productive reality, a well conceived and articulated mode of execution is required. This calls for an institutional arrangement able to operate along well defined modalities which a large number of stakeholders subscribe to and follow.

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