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Abuja, Nigeria
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Since its launch in 2018 with over 300 participants and 26 exhibitors, SeedConnect Africa has grown into a major platform for Nigeria’s seed industry. By its 8th edition in 2025, it had attracted over 600 participants and about 25 exhibitors.
NASC retweeted
𝐀 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬. 🌱
PIND Foundation and NASC have signed a 2-year MoU to strengthen Nigeria’s seed system by:
🌱 Expanding certified seed multiplication
🔎 Bringing inspection closer to producers
📈 Strengthening local seed enterprises
🌾 Improving farmers’ access to quality planting materials
Better seeds. Stronger enterprises. More productive farmers.
#PINDFoundation
#NASC
#SeedSystems
#NigerDelta
#Agriculture – at Abuja, Nigeria
NASC retweeted
Across Gombe, Jigawa, Kano, Nasarawa & Benue, 6 hectares of community-based seed multiplication plots are bringing improved varieties & seed production closer to farmers.
Working with partners & #NASC, our CBSM plots are FLP's & seed enterprise opportunities.
#seedsystems #flps
NASC retweeted
"There can be no sustainable agricultural transformation without an efficient, structured seed system." — Prof. Emmanuel MBETID-BESSANE, CAR Minister of Agriculture & Rural Dev't.
At the Regional Training on Formalising Cassava Seed Systemsin W&C Africa, in Bangui, leaders & experts from #CAR, #DRCongo, #Guinea & #GuineaBissau are uniting to move cassava from informal channels to formal, digitalized, and certified seed systems.
🌱Modernizing cassava seed systems protects yields, empowers smallholders, and drives regional growth across West & Central Africa.
#TAATinCAR #Cassava #CassavaSeedSystems #AgriculturalTransformation #FoodSecurity #SouthSouthCooperation #SeedPolicy #QualitySeeds #EngageTAAT #Scale4Impact #FeedAfrica
@AfDB_Group @Groupe_AfDB @AfDBPresident
@gatesfoundation @GatesAfrica @CGIAR
@CGIARScaling @WorldBank @WFP @isdb_group
@ADB_HQ @isdb_group @FAO @IFAD @minagri_rdc
@CORAFNews @nrcri_umudike @NASC_NG
@SLARI_2007 @wacci_gh @sahelconsulting
@CatholicRelief @AFSTA_Seed @CSIR_WRI
@csir_ghana @mfregene77 @InnocentMus
@EnockChikava @CGIAR_EMD @simeonehui
@TJKrupnik @BVanlauwe @NamukoloC
@sagizaw_TAAT @RachelMulangala @ClerisseC
NASC retweeted
🚀 Big momentum building for seed innovation in Nigeria!
This week, strategic engagements across Abuja, Kano & Zaria with SEEDAN, @NASC_NG, WACOT & NICERT set the stage for the 2nd #ACLBC Workshop & Green Field Day (28–30 Sept in Zaria).
Register now: cutt.ly/ACLBC2
#AgriculturalScaling #SeedSystems #SeedBusiness #SeedInnovation #AgricultureInAfrica #NigeriaAgribusiness #JoinACLBC #ScalingInnovations #FeedAfrica
@AfDB_Group @Groupe_AfDB @AfDB_Nigeria
@AfDBPresident @gatesfoundation @GatesAfrica
@CGIAR @CGIARScaling @IITA_CGIAR @AFSTA_Seed
@AGRA_Africa @isdb_group @ADB_HQ @SystemsSeed
@alliance @SeedFed @ReutersAfrica @Better_Seed
@EuroseedsEU @ISTAseedtesting @ScienceAlly
@ippcnews @AFP @ReutersWorld @_AfricanUnion
@afaasinfo @AUC_CAADP @CORAFNews
@SAA_africa @WorldBank @WorldBankAfrica
@giz_gmbh @IFAD @FAO @CABI_News
@jica_direct_en @mfregene77 @InnocentMus
@EnockChikava @CGIAR_EMD @simeonehui
@TJKrupnik @BVanlauwe @NamukoloC
@sagizaw_TAAT @RachelMulangala @ToyinMAdetunji
@MedinatAdetunji
NASC has unveiled its new 50th Anniversary Commemorative Logo at #SeedConnectAfrica2025 🎉🌱
The logo celebrates 50 years of organised seed industry development in Nigeria and will be used for one year across all official communications.
A new chapter for the seed sector!
🌱 8 DAYS TO GO!
SeedConnect 2025 is almost here as NASC marks its Golden Jubilee 🎉
Don’t miss the biggest seed industry gathering of the year.
Register now 👉 forms.gle/Mq3hyJTQEnCMBLdGA
📅 26–27 Nov 2025 | 📍 NICON Luxury, Abuja
#SeedConnect2025 #8DaysToGo #NASCGoldenJubilee
Hon. Fatuhu Muhammed joined the flag-off of the 2025/26 Wheat Dry Season Programme under NAGS-AP in Borno State.
After the event, he paid a courtesy call to the Government of Borno State to strengthen collaboration on food security and farmer support.
#NAGSAP #Agriculture #Borno
🌱 10 DAYS TO SEEDCONNECT 2025! 🌱
NASC celebrates 50 years of excellence in the seed industry! 🎉
Join the One to Tell Ten Campaign & register now 👉 forms.gle/Mq3hyJTQEnCMBLdGA
📅 26–27 Nov 2025 | 📍 NICON Luxury Hotel, Abuja
#SeedConnect2025 #NASCGoldenJubilee #OneToTellTen
The Director General of the National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC), Hon. Fatuhu Muhammed, met with H.E Ambassador (Dr.) Adamu Mohd Abdulhamid of the Permanent Mission of Nigeria Trade Office to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva, Switzerland.
🌾 Countdown to #SeedConnectAfrica2025!
Join us as we mark 50 years of seed industry growth 🌟
📅 Nov 26–27, 2025
📍 NICON Luxury Hotel, Abuja
Theme: “Seeds for Africa’s Future: Innovation, Resilience & Food Security.”
#SeedCouncilAt50 #SeedsForAfricasFuture #FoodSecurity
