About the Access to Seeds Index
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The document summarizes the Access to Seeds Index, which benchmarks seed companies' efforts to improve smallholder farmers' access to seeds. The index is developed through a multi-stakeholder process to create transparency around the seed industry's role. It presents company and regional scores on strengths, portfolio, and presence. The next steps discussed are further stakeholder engagement, testing new regional indexes, reviewing the methodology, and coordinating with other initiatives.
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About the Access to Seeds Index
- 1. Access to Seeds Index Seed Index Initiatives Meeting Abidjan, 24 October 2016
- 2. Background
- 3. What can be the role of an industry? What do individual companies have to offer? What can we learn from what is happening in daily practice? Provide an evidence base for stakeholder dialogue Offer inspiration from peers and best practices Give credit to companies that show leadership The private sector is seen as a crucial partner to achieve the SDG’s This requires understanding of how an industry can contribute Industry benchmarks can help building knowledge, understanding, trust Background Industry Indexes can be a powerful instrument to promote private sector engagement, as needed to achieve the SDG’s
- 4. Create transparency on current activities to clarify and understand the role of the seed industry Provide an evidence base to the conversation on where and how the seed industry can play a role Encourage seed companies to step up their efforts guided by a multi-stakeholder agenda and inspiration from peers Help identify private sector partners based on insights in strengths, portfolio, presence Background Objectives of the Access to Seeds Index
- 5. jan12 – mar13 Feasibility and landscaping studies Consultations and dialogue Methodology development Index development Consultations and dialogue Methodology review Index development mar13 – dec13 jan14 – feb15 feb15 – feb16 mar16 – dec16 jan17 – nov17 dec17 – dec18 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Methodology Report Access to Seeds Index 2016 Report Methodology Report Access to Seeds Index 2018 Report Timeline The Access to Seeds Index is developed in a two-year Index Cycle to monitor progress and refine methodology Landscaping Report Cycle 1 Cycle 2
- 6. What the Access to Seeds Index presents
- 7. What the Access to Seeds Index presents Industry benchmarks: insights on leadership, both on global and regional level
- 8. What the Access to Seeds Index presents Company presence per country in four regions
- 9. What the Access to Seeds Index presents Company scorecards: insights on strengths, portfolio and presence of individual companies
- 10. Availability Mobile seed shops to reach local markets Victoria Seeds, Uganda Autonomy Marketing affordable OPV varieties Kenya Seed Company Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda Profitability Connecting farmers to output markets DuPont Pioneer Ethiopia Affordability Seed insurance against weather risks Syngenta, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda Suitability Breeding station for local crops and varieties Rijk Zwaan, East-West Seed Tanzania Capability School for next generation farmers Bayer, India What the Access to Seeds Index presents Best practices: practical examples of company activities in various dimensions of ‘access’
- 11. What the Access to Seeds Index presents All the data is added to the public domain and freely available via our reports and website
- 12. Methodology
- 13. Research scope Scope 2016 Criteria Geographic • Latin America • Western Africa • Eastern Africa • South and Southeast Asia • Smallholder presence • Food security challenge • Agricultural potential Crops • Field crops • Vegetables • Local crops • Only food crops • Common crops based on area harvested in regions • Local crops based on stakeholder consultations Company • Global field crop seed • Global vegetable seed • Regional Eastern Africa • Integrated seed business model • Seed revenues (global) • Peer recognition (regional) After each Index, the scope and criteria are evaluated and where necessary adjusted for the next Index Scope of Research To ensure a fair comparison and benchmark, the scope of research is based on clear criteria
- 14. • Global Index focuses on activities of global leaders in all four regions combined • Regional Index focuses on leading seed companies in a specific region • ATSI 2016 presents a Regional Index for Eastern Africa; Western Africa and other regions explored for 2018 edition Western Africa Eastern Africa Benin Burkina Faso Cote d’Ivoire Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo Burundi Ethiopia Kenya Malawi Madagascar Mozambique Rwanda South Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Country coverage The Access to Seeds Index focuses on four regions with (1) smallholder presence (2) food security challenge (3) agricultural potential
- 15. Seven measurement areas Each with four types of indicators • Commitment • Performance • Transparency • Innovation Weighted Scorecard approach Total score is sum of weighted indicator scores Relative ranking Comparing companies with each other, not to an ideal state (companies set and raise the bar) Methodology The Index assesses company activities in seven areas with in total 73 indicators
- 16. Governance
- 17. The Foundation has no financial ties to the seed industry SB and ERC are composed of experts with various backgrounds • Farmers • Industry • Government • Science • NGO’s SB members cannot have active ties to companies in index scope Regional partner and Regional ERC ensure regional buy-in Governance The Access to Seeds Foundation has multi-stakeholder governance to ensure independence and broad support for the initiative Supervisory Board (SB) Expert Review Committee (ERC) Contractors Research Regional partner Staff Program management Research Communication Finance Executive Board Executive director Operational director
- 18. Governance For each step of methodology and Index development, responsibilities and roles are clearly described in the Foundation’s by laws Index Report Stakeholder consultations Methodology Report Indicator weighting scoring guidelines • SB approves before publication • ERC advises on agenda for review • SB approves process, agenda • ERC evaluates • SB approves • ERC gives advice • SB approves
- 19. Next steps
- 20. Process 1. Discuss findings with farmers, industry, other stakeholders 2. Test feasibility new regional indexes for West Africa, Latin- America, SSEA 3. Review methodology, start cycle towards the second Index (2018) 4. Explore coordination with other index initiatives (World Bank, TASAI) Topics 1. Focus measurement areas on need to know, delete nice to know 2. Add country level data to present private sector activity per country 3. Explore quality and impact as topics for company assessment 4. Keep burden low of data provision by companies Access to Seeds Index What is next?