Additionally for the RPSF, one regional project is working with Seed Systems Group (a Kenya-based NGO) to stimulate local production of climate-resilient seeds in Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia and South Sudan. By introducing improved varieties developed by local and international research centres to local seed multipliers (including government agents, NGOs, and the private sector), the project is securing seed access of improved varieties for 90,000 smallholders. This project has also been used to enable the Intergovernmental Authority on Development to improve the policy for resilience-building of the seed sector in the region. Several other assessments are under way to continue to inform policy with lessons learned.

IFAD - A Crisis Response Initiative (CRI)