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What we do

Every good harvest starts with a good seedling.

Many African farmers plant saved or uncertified material that carries disease and gives low yields. No amount of hard work can make up for a poor start.

Inside a large shade-net seedling nursery in Kenya

How we do it

  1. 1

    Six nurseries

    In Kenya, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, raising planting material under controlled conditions.

  2. 2

    Improved varieties

    Hybrid cocoa, grafted cashew, clean cassava cuttings, tissue-culture bananas and plantains, certified seed potatoes and vegetable seedlings.

  3. 3

    Certification

    Our seed and plant material is inspected and certified by national seed authorities, including KEPHIS in Kenya.

  4. 4

    Delivery and planting support

    Seedlings reach farmers with planting guidance and a follow-up visit.

seedlings a year
2.5 million+
since 2015
15 million
certified seed potatoes a year
2,000 tonnes
Seedling nursery at dawn