Online Course on Seed System Security Assessment & Response

This course focuses on a new assessment method called Seed System Security Assessment (SSSA). It presents the rationale and history for the SSSA and provides the needed seed system basics for rural development professionals.

You'll be guided through key essential steps for carrying out the fieldwork assessment and determining the ‘better’ seed security responses.

The 8 modules (in total: 3 hours and 25 minutes) are highly interactive: participants explore how to: collect key data, decide if farming households are stressed (the demand side); and assess if seed markets are adequately functioning (the supply side). Throughout, hands-on exercises and frequent knowledge checks help verify that participant learning is proceeding well.