GLOBAL CROP BREEDING SUPPORT SERVICE

What they do

DURING 2025, THE GCBSS OPERATED SEED and CROP KNOWLEDGE AFRICA - SCKA, A BRANCH of THE GCBSS. THIS BRANCH WORKS to ACCOMPLISH THE FOLLOWING:(1) SUPPORT and PROMOTE THE USE of MODERN TECHNOLOGIES and ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE to MODERNISE PLANT BREEDING and AGRICULTURAL VALUE CHAIN CAPACITY IN AFRICA WITH A FOCUS ON SENEGAL and ELSEWHERE IN WEST AFRICA.(2) PROMOTE CROP IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS THAT BENEFIT SMALLHOLDER FARMERS and COMMODITY VALUE CHAINS IN SENEGAL and WEST AFRICA.(3) SUPPORT CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMS for DIFFERENT VALUE CHAIN ACTORS to ENCOURAGE THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT and DISTRIBUTION of NEW, IMPROVED and PROFITABLE CROP VARIETIES IN RESPONSE to CLEARLY IDENTIFIED MARKET DEMANDS. THE PROGRAM EXPENSES HAVE BEEN INCURRED THROUGH A GRANT to SCKA BY CIRAD for REGIONAL COORDINATION, DATA MANAGEMENT and ANALYTICS SUPPORT to THE PEANUT INNOVATION LAB (PIL).