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Who We Are
Guatemala
7 Avenida 14-44 Zona 9
Edificio La Galería,
Oficina 35
Guatemala, Guatemala 01009
USA
Semilla Nueva
P.O. BOX 8643
Boise, ID 83707
Our Stories
- Meet Dr. Fredy Longo, Semilla Nueva’s first Ph.D. plant breeder and leader of our research and development team.
Fredy left his previous job at Duwest to join the Semilla Nueva team for one major reason: “[Semilla Nueva] said, ‘We are going to sell seed’ and I said, ‘Done!’… - Why Corn?
If the majority of Guatemala’s corn farmers live in poverty, why do hundreds of thousands of Guatemalan farmers keep growing corn? If corn lacks key nutrients, why do millions of… - Why do we need representative samples?
Answer: For the first two and a half years of commercial sales, Semilla Nueva’s biggest limitation in impact evaluation was that we lacked a representative list of farmers to study…. - Maynor’s Story: The opportunity that gave him the means to stay in his community, Quiché.
Maynor’s family owns a single acre of farmland in the community of Palquí in Uspantán, Quiché. In years past, his father, José, used this land to raise chickens, goats, and… - Meet Nelson, Semilla Nueva’s field technician in Petén.
Nelson, like many farmers in Guatemala, has been growing corn since before he can remember. He now applies over 20 years of experience in the fields to helping other farmers… - How do we scale our impact to reach 100,000 families in Guatemala—and begin to reduce nutritional deficiencies for the entire country?
Answer: We need to develop even higher yielding seeds with the same great levels of nutrition as our current F3! This is how we can provide farmers with what’s most…
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