Data sets from the 2021 Access to Seeds Index

Quality seeds of improved varieties have enabled farmers in advanced agricultural systems to triple their yields. What is the seed industry, strategically placed at the start of the food value chain, doing to help smallholder farmers in food insecure regions to achieve similar results? The Access to Seeds Index aims to shine a light on this question.

The third Access to Seeds Index benchmarked 72 global, regional and national field crop and vegetable seed companies on their efforts to make their products available to smallholder farmers in three regions. Of these companies, 31 were selected in South and South-east Asia, 32 in Eastern and Southern Africa, and 37 in Western and Central Africa.

The data sheet contains information on the scores of each of these companies. Scores for each company are publicly available at the indicator level for all stakeholders. Individual company results are presented in company scorecards and detailed assessments.