Building South Sudan’s Homegrown Seed Industry is Creating Local Opportunities

https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2026/07/29/building-south-sudans-homegrown-seed-industry-is-creating-local-opportunities The South Sudan Resilient Agricultural Livelihoods Project (RALP) is helping build a nationally owned seed system by strengthening local seed production, certification, and storage to improve agricultural productivity, incomes, and food and nutrition security. The project has established and trained 13 County Seed Quality Control Boards, addressing critical gaps in seed quality assurance and regulatory oversight. It is also successfully crowding in private sector investment, with companies supporting foundation seed production and purchasing seed from farmer groups for wider distribution. RALP is promoting inclusive growth, with women holding 45% of leadership positions in seed producer groups.