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412 Emmanuel Luwemba – Disrupting the seed monopolies in East Africa

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Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food
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Mar 27, 2026
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Summary

Seeds, seeds, seeds. It all starts with power and who controls the seeds. But who is actually building scalable companies in this space? Today we have one: a decentralised seed company in Uganda that only works with indigenous seeds, is farmer-owned, and gives power, value, and control back to the farmers. The farmers are trained to select seeds and to grow them, and Emmanuel Luwemba, the founder of Eden Seeds, helps sell the best varieties to other farmers without extracting all life from th...