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SeedNL Podcast

In this SeedNL podcast exclusive miniseries entitled, “Getting it Right”, we dive into how Plant Breeders" Rights and Farmers" Rights are frequently framed as contradicting ways for how seeds are accessed, developed, sold and used. These rights and corresponding policies have a significant impact on the seed sector, and therefore also on food and nutrition security around the world. This series facilitates dialogue with and between three experts who talk about their different perspectives on the

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SeedNL to welcome new team member

SeedNL Podcast ·

2024/01/19

SeedNL is thrilled to welcome a new member to the team: Marijke Zonnenberg has started as project officer based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In this interview, we talk with her about her background, position at SeedNL and how the transition to working from Ethiopia has been so far.Could you please introduce yourself to the SeedNL community?My name is Marijke Zonnenberg, I was born and raised in the Netherlands and studied Food Safety and Development & Rural Innovation at Wageningen University. My

“Seeing is Believing”: SEVIA’s approach of knowledge...

SeedNL Podcast ·

2024/01/18

In conversation with Elijah Mwashayenyi, who worked as the Managing Director at the SEVIA project in Tanzania. Please tell me more about this journey of yours in the seed sector development?I started writing a book about my experiences with SEVIA, calling it "The Green Revolution Reborn." It explores agriculture in Africa and the lack of a widespread Green Revolution, except in a few countries. Despite this, there's visible development, and a new green revolution is starting to emerge.Inspired by

A prominent collaboration between Dutch seed and...

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2023/12/12

A conversation with Kabir Ademoh on Seeds4Change Nigeria. Since 2019 he has coordinated the Seeds4Change project. This served as his introduction to seeds and Dutch culture. He is currently exploring the expansion of the Seeds4Change impact cluster into various regions, including Benin. Can you tell me more about the Seeds4Change project?“The Seeds4Change Nigeria initiative was a three-year Impact Cluster project and was executed and coordinated by NABC. The project involved collaboration with five

SeedNL features in Dutch financial newspaper

SeedNL Podcast ·

2023/10/30

SeedNL, together with Netherlands Food Partnership, featured prominently in the Dutch daily financial newspaper ‘Financieele Dagblad’ in their special on The future of agri and food. Download the article to learn more about the role of SeedNL in Food Systems Transition in the Netherlands and abroad.

A tangible, long-lasting impact on people’s lives at...

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2023/09/13

Rutger Groot is co-founder of East-West Seed Knowledge Transfer Foundation (EWS-KT). SeedNL had the pleasure of speaking with him about EWS-KT and his experiences of different projects, including HortiNigeria. Can you tell me more about East-West Seed Knowledge Transfer Foundation (EWS-KT)?EWS-KT is a non-profit corporate foundation with unique ties to East-West Seed. East-West Seed is a family-owned vegetable seed company that has been in business for 40 years now, selling seeds in 60 countries

Combining hands-on support for local seed companies...

SeedNL Podcast ·

2023/08/02

Just before heading to the weekend, I had an interesting conversation with Mrs. Robinah Duku, Policy Officer for Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) at the Netherlands Embassy in Juba, South Sudan. Mrs. Duku manages a broad portfolio of food and nutrition security projects including the A3 Seed project. How has the Embassy’s food and nutrition security portfolio been developed?We encourage synergies and collaboration as much as possible between projects. We also work in specific geographic areas that

“Moving from shallot bulbs to shallot seeds in...

SeedNL Podcast ·

2023/06/15

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In conversation with Dr. Monika Brasser on the...

SeedNL Podcast ·

2023/05/30

In conversation with Dr. Monika Brasser on the NL-CGIAR Research Programme

Learning by Doing: Insights from Nout van der Vaart

SeedNL Podcast ·

2023/04/25

Nout van der Vaart is the Policy Lead Food and Land at Oxfam Novib. He has worked with different stakeholders on policy issues that are related to the inclusion and sustainability of agricultural development, food and nutrition security. These stakeholders often are government officials, members of parliament and media. For this SeedNL article Nout tells us more about the Sowing Diversity = Harvesting Security program (SD=HS). In this program, he has worked on supporting farmers’ seed systems and

High quality seeds, synergies, and the Sahel – The...

SeedNL Podcast ·

2023/03/15

By Anicha DiemkoudreIn conversation with Marthe Diallo, Senior Advisor at KITMarthe Diallo is senior advisor at the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) and supports the

New round of the Seed Laws Toolbox

SeedNL Podcast ·

2023/02/23

SeedNL is happy to announce that this year we are opening up a new round of Seed Laws Toolbox projects.The Seed Laws Toolbox is a facility for small grants to address seed regulatory bottlenecks. Last year a pilot was successfully launched, allowing the implementation of four projects in respectively Benin, Iraq, Mozambique and Tanzania.A conducive seed regulatory framework is a prerequisite for a vibrant seed sector. Yet, in many low- and middle-income countries the regulatory system is still a key

Celebrating SeedNL’s first Annual Event

SeedNL Podcast ·

2023/02/15

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Announcing SeedNL’s new Programme Director

SeedNL Podcast ·

2022/10/06

We are happy to announce that SeedNL has a new Programme Director, Willem Schoustra!Over the past 4 years, Willem Schoustra was the Agricultural Counsellor for Vietnam and Thailand at the Dutch embassy in Hanoi. Before that, he worked as a Project manager Blue Growth and Food Security at the Ministry of Economic Affairs in the Netherlands. Additionally, he also worked as a national expert for the FAO in Rome. Willem has a study background Animal Sciences at Wageningen University & Research. The

Research methods shaping seed systems?

SeedNL Podcast ·

2022/07/25

On July 5th 2022, Dr. Fleur Kilwinger was awarded at Wageningen University with the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, with the predicate Cum Laude. She conducted her PhD

Save the Date - SeedNL Annual Event

SeedNL Podcast ·

2022/07/20

SeedNL warmly invites you to its first Annual Event, which will take place on Wednesday November 30, 2022.The key objective of SeedNL is to increase farmer access to

The Nigeria-Netherlands Seed Partnership

SeedNL Podcast ·

2022/05/19

SeedNL attended the kick-off seminar on Seeds and (Protected) Horticulture including a panel discussion with Ayodeij Ibosiola, Victoria Madedor, Rutger Groot and Ewout Schurink and

The Ethiopia-Netherlands Seed Partnership: one of...

SeedNL Podcast ·

2022/04/11

Last month, the Stichting Wageningen Research Wageningen was launched. Several initiatives to improve the seed and horticulture sector in Ethiopia have been initiated over

ISSD Sahel Director visits stakeholders from Dutch...

SeedNL Podcast ·

2022/03/16

Dr Fofana Bidjokazo is the director of the Integrated Seed Sector Development (ISSD) Sahel programme at IFDC in Bamako/Mali. On February 22-24, he visited the Netherlands to meet several stakeholders part of the Dutch potato and vegetable seed sector.

Multi-Stakeholder Platforms in the domain of Seed...

SeedNL Podcast ·

2021/07/29

On 18 May 2021 an Independent Dialogue was convened. An event that particularly focussed on the potential of multi-stakeholder collaboration as one of the key ‘game-changing solutions’ in achieving sustainable food systems. The event served as a means to provide input for the UN 2021 Food Systems Summit. Presented here are a few of the main challenges and opportunities identified during the discussion.

Seed at the UN 2021 Food Systems Pre-Summit

SeedNL Podcast ·

2021/07/23

Coming 26-28 July the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit will take place in Rome, Italy. As seed is a critical part of food systems we would like to suggest a few sessions during the main event and side sessions, as well as other events organised during the Pre-Summit that might be of interest.

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