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Seed Systems Development NL-CGIAR Call

Call within the Netherlands-CGIAR research partnership
Almost nine Million euros for improving seed systems in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nine projects are funded by NWO-WOTRO to strengthen the Netherlands-CGIAR research partnership on generating insights that contribute to improving seed systems in focus regions within Asia and Sub-Sahara Africa. 

The call on “Seed Systems Development (SSD): Enabling and Scaling Genetic Improvement and Propagation Materials” was released by the Netherlands-CGIAR partnership. The nine awarded project consortia consist of Dutch research institutes, CGIAR research centers, and (local) partners from the public and private sector.

Please click on the items below to go to the separate SSD project pages, including a short description, consortium partners, and related project items and articles.

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