Table 1: A Comparison of the Seed Sector Indices Characteristics Seed Indices EBA/ ATSI/ASF TASAI ABDI NSD/BMGF World Bank Objectives Examines and monitors Seeks to create Promotes the creation The entry point is The National Seed key regulations that transparency on current and maintenance of diversity. The ABDI is a Dashboard seeks to: govern the agribusiness activities of companies enabling environments consistent, long-term Inform BMGF’s own sector. By focusing on to clarify and understand for competitive seed monitoring system for smallholder farmer key elements of the food the role of the seed systems serving African agrobiodiversity. The (SHF) Strategy production and industry. ATSI provides farmers. It is this purpose is to measure Foster transparency distribution value chain, an evidence base to the enabling environment and manage agricultural and accountability in EBA hopes to promote conversation on where that TASAI seeks to biodiversity in food the agriculture sector regulatory systems that and how the seed measure, track, and systems and to guide Begin to harmonize enable sustainable and industry can play a role. compare across African and stimulate public and agricultural inclusive agribusinesses It aims to encourage countries. private sector policies measurements across to take root and thrive. seed companies to step and investments in food sectors up their efforts guided systems e.g., green Support governments – by a multi-stakeholder bonds. to better diagnose agenda and inspiration their underlying from peers. system challenges by identifying where performance is lacking Regional / Covers 40 countries The Access to Seeds Four pilot countries Global in focus. Specific Applied to BMGF Index focuses on 48 (2013-14; 2015: countries to be countries in 3 countries Country Focus worldwide; plan to scale countries in four determined. in Africa - Ethiopia, Kenya up to 62 countries. In regions with a strong for Nigeria and Tanzania South Africa ‘Pioneer countries’ Africa, countries smallholder presence; first phase (2017) - and 3 states in India Uganda include: food security challenge; Ethiopia, Peru, Nepal Zimbabwe and agricultural and Italy Burkina Faso potential: Expanding to cover Burundi South and Southeast COMESA countries Cote D’Ivoire Asia (12 countries) under COMSIS
Table 1: A Comparison of the Seed Sector Indices Characteristics Seed Indices EBA/ World Bank ATSI/ASF TASAI ABDI NSD/BMGF Objectives Examines and monitors key regulations that govern the agribusiness sector. By focusing on key elements of the food production and distribution value chain, EBA hopes to promote regulatory systems that enable sustainable and inclusive agribusinesses to take root and thrive. Seeks to create transparency on current activities of companies to clarify and understand the role of the seed industry. ATSI provides an evidence base to the conversation on where and how the seed industry can play a role. It aims to encourage seed companies to step up their efforts guided by a multi-stakeholder agenda and inspiration from peers. Promotes the creation and maintenance of enabling environments for competitive seed systems serving African farmers. It is this enabling environment that TASAI seeks to measure, track, and compare across African countries. The entry point is diversity. The ABDI is a consistent, long-term monitoring system for agrobiodiversity. The purpose is to measure and manage agricultural biodiversity in food systems and to guide and stimulate public and private sector policies and investments in food systems – e.g., green bonds. The National Seed Dashboard seeks to: Inform BMGF’s own smallholder farmer (SHF) Strategy Foster transparency and accountability in the agriculture sector Begin to harmonize agricultural measurements across sectors Support governments to better diagnose their underlying system challenges by identifying where performance is lacking Regional / Country Focus Covers 40 countries worldwide; plan to scale up to 62 countries. In Africa, countries include: Burkina Faso Burundi Cote D’Ivoire The Access to Seeds Index focuses on 48 countries in four regions with a strong smallholder presence; food security challenge; and agricultural potential: South and Southeast Asia (12 countries) Four pilot countries (2013-14; 2015: Kenya South Africa Uganda Zimbabwe Expanding to cover COMESA countries under COMSIS Global in focus. Specific countries to be determined. ‘Pioneer countries’ for first phase (2017) - Ethiopia, Peru, Nepal and Italy Applied to BMGF countries in 3 countries in Africa - Ethiopia, Nigeria and Tanzania and 3 states in India
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