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Farmerdriven approach to seed supply in Africa Hunger and poverty in Africa has a solution Our Mission Every farmer deserves good seed The mission of Seed Systems Group is to extend the recent advances in seed systems development to farmers in countries of Africa that have so far been left behind. Our Work In 15 target countries Approximately 38 million farmers live in 15 African countries where there is virtually no access to seed of improved crop varieties including Angola Benin Burundi Cameroon Chad Cote dIvoire the Democratic Republic of Congo Eritrea Guinea Madagascar Republic of Congo Senegal Sierra Leone and Togo. Seed Systems Group works to establish regular dependable supply of highyielding resilient seed of a wide range of food crops among poor smallholder farmers to help them improve their crop yields nutritional status and income. The Seed Systems Group is a nonprofit organization registered in the United States and headquartered in Nairobi Kenya.