

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Building sustainable seed supply systems in Africa
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 21 Jan, 2026 at 10:00 am
- **Event Description**: Also via Zoom: https://bit.ly/DeVries_CU_Jan21
Contact: Victoria Bryant Artigliere, vartigl@clemson.edu

Join us for an APT Seminar featuring Joseph DeVries, past president of the Seed Systems Group and a leading figure in agricultural development across Africa for nearly four decades.

Since beginning his career in the 1980s, building irrigation systems in the drought‑stricken Sahel, DeVries has played a pivotal role in developing sustainable solutions to hunger, low crop productivity, and limited access to improved seed among smallholder farmers.

In 1997, DeVries joined The Rockefeller Foundation, where he focused on crop genetic improvement and localized seed supply systems. He later co‑founded the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and led its flagship “Program for Africa’s Seed Systems,” a $300 million initiative that helped develop:

- 700+ new crop varieties
- 114 private African seed companies
- Thousands of rural agro‑dealer businesses

By 2018, seed companies supported through AGRA/PASS were producing 143,000 metric tons of certified seed annually, reaching approximately 15 million smallholder farmers.

In 2019, recognizing that many farmers still lacked access to improved seed, DeVries founded Seed Systems Group (SSG). To date, SSG has raised and deployed $20 million and operates field‑based initiatives in 15 countries from offices in Nairobi, Kenya and Lomé, Togo. Their programs have reached over one million farmers and supported local seed enterprises in producing nearly 7,000 metric tons of certified seed.

DeVries will share insights from his decades‑long work in:

- Post‑conflict agricultural recovery (Mozambique, Angola, Rwanda, Liberia, Sudan and more)
- Creating scalable, sustainable seed systems
- Strengthening local agricultural enterprises
- Expanding farmer access to improved technologies
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/clemson/building-sustainable-seed-supply-systems-in-africa/200029515466003
- **Event Categories**: workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 10

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Clemson
- **state**: SC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Clemson University, BRC G100
- **lat**: 34.68236
- **long**: -82.83533
- **full address**: Clemson University, BRC G100, 108 Daniel Dr, Clemson, SC 29631-3011, United States

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- **organizer**: Clemson Extension (https://allevents.in/org/clemson-extension/25986047)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 21 Jan, 2026 at 10:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Clemson University, BRC G100, 108 Daniel Dr, Clemson, SC 29631-3011, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Clemson Extension
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Building sustainable seed supply systems in Africa ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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