Drought-resistant Seed Provision

Improve yields: In arid and semi-arid regions, drought-resistant seeds universally improve yields. In temperate or sub-tropical regions, drought-resistant seeds protect yields during low precipitation periods, sometimes even allowing for an additional planting cycle per year.

Increase farmer income: If farmers have access to market, the increased yields will lead to increased farmer income.

Increase climate resilience: Drought-resistant seeds make crops more resilient to periods of low precipitation, allowing rain-fed farmers to improve or maintain yields. For irrigated farmers, drought resistant seeds can reduce water use.

Strengthen income stability: Drought-resistant seeds reduce the likelihood that a drought causes crop loss. They stop farmers from sinking costs, time, and space into a failed crop by mitigating the risk of drought, which can prevent the farmer from getting that crop to harvest and, eventually, to market.

Address sourcing needs: Better resilience, yields, and consistency of production that stem from using drought-resistant seeds leads to an opportunity for off-takers to more effectively predict the availability of produce and thus makes them better able to design a procurement strategy that allows for more stable procurement of sufficient volume. Additionally, providing seeds to farmers offers an opportunity for companies to select varieties that are best suited to their needs.

Lower credit losses: Farmers whose crops are resilient to drought are more likely to have income stability, which reduces the risk of non-repayment.