Consulting Services for Strengthening the Global Crop Diversity Trust (GCDT) capacity to implement project activities in Africa

AFC has been contracted by GCDT for the project ” Consulting Services for Strengthening the Global Crop Diversity Trust capacity to implement project activities in Africa” (Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya and Zambia). Svalöf Consulting as sub-contractor of AFC provides the Team Leader (Rutger Persson) for the Project, during 3 years (November 2020-October 2023).

The Capitalisation of the Endowment Fund of the GCDT and Strengthening of National Genebanks project aims to empower national seed collections by safeguarding them in perpetuity through through the endowment fund, documenting and managing them appropriately for conservation and use, promoting their use, as a basis for climate adaption of vulnerable African cropping systems. The project is supported by the Federal Republic of Germany through KfW.

The project consist of three outputs:

1. Essential operations of national seed collections in 5 African countries safeguarded in perpetuity through an endowment fund.
2. National seed collections are managed and documented appropriately for conservation and use
3. Use of national seed collections for increasing the diversity of varietal options with which farmers can respond to climate change.