Driven to contribute to achieving the SDGs, I am improving access to renewable energy in rural Africa as managing director of the Foundation Rural Energy Services (FRES. Before I pioneered in SDG-benchmarking by setting up the Access to Seeds Index.
This presentation for the 2019 Everson Global Seed Symposium at Iowa State University focuses on the key role of homegrown companies from Africa and Asia to improve access to quality seeds for smallholder farmers in those regions.