1. Victoria Johnson-Chadwick, Program Officer, Syngenta Foundation
Syngenta Foundation support to GLDC in engaging the private sector for seed delivery
Victoria Johnson-Chadwick, Program Officer, Syngenta Foundation

2. Overview Who we are: Syngenta Foundation & Seeds2B
What we do in Seeds2B & areas of overlap with GLDC
Crops & countries
How we work with the private sector
Our menu of services for breeders (public & private) & seed companies
What we can offer GLDC
The team behind Seeds2B

3. Syngenta Foundation
Swiss-based non-profit organization, created by Syngenta AG, with its own Board of Trustees
Mission: to create value for smallholders in developing countries, by:
Raising yields
Linking farmers to markets
Key intervention areas
Agricultural Insurance Solutions (AIS)
AgriServices
Seeds2B
Seeds2B: SFSA’s global program to help farmers access quality seeds of improved varieties for the crops they need

4. Seeds2B is a global program: countries & crops
Country
Crops
Kenya
Soybean, potato, brassica, tomato, onion, sweet pepper, watermelon, beans, (+ sorghum)
Senegal
Cabbage, cotton, eggplant, groundnut, potato, pearl millet, okra, onion, sorghum, maize, (+ sesame), seed treatment
Mali
Eggplant, groundnut, Irish potato, okra, onion, sorghum,
(+ strengthen involvement in vegetables)
Malawi
Tomato, beans, pigeon pea, groundnut, soybean, cowpea, potato,
(+ strengthen involvement in pulses)
Rwanda
Beans
Uganda
Cassava - seed treatment R&D, (+ groundnut + soybean)
Myanmar
Chickpea, groundnut, pigeon pea
Indonesia
Potato
India
Maize
Common crops: sorghum, groundnut, soybean, cowpea, pearl millet, pigeon pea, chickpea
____ = overlap with GLDC
(+…) = recent addition to program

5. How we work with the private sector: 4 domains
New varieties * (foundation seed, proprietary varieties, licensing)
How we work with the private sector: 4 domains
The market for seed
(advanced market commitment, credit/savings, offtaker, input insurance)
*Non-exclusive list
Private local medium-sized seed companies
Mtanga Farms
New seed technology
(seed treatment)
Financial assistance (working capital, investment, business training)
Seed companies (in the regions where we work) do not typically do breeding –
they require links to breeders and assurance there is a market for new seeds

6. Seeds2B ‘menu of services’: end to end service for breeders (public & private) & seed company capacity building
Innovate: demand-led, internal or external IP
SFSA R&D
Technology scouting
De-risk: demonstrate viability in SHF sector
Trials (including market acceptance)*
Marketing consent*
License: exclusive/non-exclusive, royalty-bearing
Licensing (royalties returned to NARS or private breeders)
Scale-up: confident, sustainable business serving farmers
Technical support*
Additional capital
Market links
M&E
Key: red = menu of services | * = charging

7. More choice, better access
Seeds2B helps farmers access quality seeds of improved varieties for the crops they need
What can we offer GLDC?
Access our open Seeds2B platform in 5 countries in Africa & Myanmar
Be a strategic ‘go to’ partner in seeking additional funds (e.g. for Asia)

8. GLDC has the support of the Syngenta Foundation &
The team behind Seeds2B
We have experienced seed staff on the ground
Blend of agronomists and business, policy and legal skills
Photo of Africa team below (we have an equivalent Asia team)
GLDC has the support of the Syngenta Foundation &
we wish you all well!