The previous phase of ISSD Africa, which ran from 2014-2017 resulted in 9 thematic synthesis papers which can be downloaded below:
- Synthesis Paper: Making business out of low profit seed
- Synthesis Paper: Effective seed quality assurance
- Synthesis Paper: Financing Seed Business
- Synthesis Paper: Access to foundation seed of varieties in the public domain
- Synthesis Paper: Access to information on varieties in the public domain
- Synthesis Paper: Public variety use agreements
- Synthesis Paper: Creating space for ‘informal’ seed systems in a plant variety protection system that is based on UPOV 1991
- Synthesis Paper: Access and benefit-sharing policies for climate-resilient seed systems
- Synthesis Paper: The support for farmer-led seed systems in African seed laws