Access to diverse, high quality and preferred seeds is an issue for small holder farmers in East Africa.

The main aim of the Disrupt!  Open Source Seed Systems is to get more social entrepreneurs involved that are able and interested to deliver  products and services  of quality to the small holder farmers.  With diverse challenges in relation to access of diverse seeds, social entrepreneurs are expected to win back trust of farmers and deliver  good products and services. Secondly social entrepreneurs need to position themselves in times of rapid changes in the sector.  Distinguishing oneself from the mainstream development may prove to be a good future option. Seeds that are of good quality and are free and will remain free to save, use and exchange could become important future assets.

Kindly contact wdouma@hivos.org ; bkiome@hivos.org or echitechi@kcic.org for  more information before 10th April 2018.

Please follow link for more details https://east-africa.hivos.org/news/hivos-announces-disrupt-seeds-ideathon.