1. Introducing the Access to Seeds Index
Encouraging global seed companies to provide small farmers with access to their assets
Rome, 5 April 2013

2. A three-step approach 2012 Feasibility study 2013 Exploration process
2014
Develop first Index
Basic characteristics for an Index to add value?
Compile a common agenda expressing society’s expectations from private sector?
Agree on a shared methodology; persuade companies to participate?

3. Basic characteristics
Can business do more to tackle global issues? 
Is there something at stake for business to act? 
Do companies differ in performance? 
Need for alignment on common agenda? 
Willingness among stakeholders to cooperate? 
Can an Index add value (eg transparency, awareness)

4. The challenge

5. UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, 2011
Bridging the gap
Global seed industry has unique assets to contribute to agricultural development
World Bank, 2008
Current business models leave out precisely those who need most to be supported
UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, 2011
What gets measured, gets done
Margaret Chan, DG WHO
Companies want to do more, but at least need to get credit for it
Bill Gates, BMGF

6. Focus through lens of society’s expectations2
Focus through lens of society’s expectations 1 3
Businesses are willing to do more
Shine a light on good practice
Concentrate on single issue and industry 6 4
Facilitating a learning process
Unleashing positive competitive dynamics 5
In search of new sustainable business models

7. Levers and drivers for business
Reputation
Intrinsic
Business
Mutual respect

8. Small commercial & emerging
Farmers
10%
Out of scope
Large
90%
Small commercial & emerging
Business potential
Pathway out of poverty
Subsistence
Access to Seeds is part of solution, but essential
Part of integral approach to farmer development
Interacting with (not crowding out) local seed systems

9. National seed companies
Seed Industry
Chemicals
DSM
Agro
ChemChina
Limagrain
Monsanto
Syngenta
Dupont
Rijk Zwaan
BASF
Niche players
Bayer
Regional players
Pharma
National seed companies
GSK
Pfizer

10. Companies to include Market share Niche Staple crops Vegetables
Regional
Monsanto (US)
DuPont (US)
Syngenta (Switzerland)
Groupe Limagrain (Fr)
Land O' Lakes (US)
KWS AG (Germany)
Bayer Crop Sc. (Ger.)
Sakata (Japan)
DLF-Trifolium (Denm)
Takii (Japan)
Syngenta (Switzerland)
Monsanto (US)
Rijk Zwaan (Dutch)
Bejo (Dutch)
Enza (Dutch)
Groupe Limagrain (France)
Takii (Japan)
Sakata (Japan)
SeedCo (Zimbabwe)
Rachna Seeds (Pakistan)
Crops / Seeds
HZPC Holland (potato)
EastWest (tropical)
A certain degree of mutual identification is essential

11. Scoping the Index Farmer Crops Country
Small commercial and subsistence farmers
Upper boundary 2-5 ha?
Broad crop focus
Staple
Vegetables
Include non-food crops?
World Bank LMIC list
Or is strict farmer definition enough?

12. Methodology Technical areas Indicators Scoring guidelines
Products
Innovation
Advocacy …
Stakeholder agenda

13. How we measure

14. Our roadmap (1) Exploration phase
Q1/Q2 2013
Q3 2013
Q4 2013

15. Our roadmap (2) Index cycle

16. Thank you!