{"id":44,"date":"2021-08-27T13:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localhost\/seedcozm\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2026-08-17T08:17:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T08:17:01","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/139.84.241.235\/seedcomozambique\/vegetables\/about-us\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Founded in 1940 as a Cooperative of Zimbabwean farmers, Seed Co has grown to become a&nbsp; a Pan-African producer of field crop and &nbsp;vegetable seeds that are adaptable and purpose-bred for the various ecological zones of Africa in addition to being a part of the Lima grain group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This gives it access to world-class capabilities, that bolster its bid to be a dominant and agile Seed Business in Africa. Seed Co\u2019s growing Africa footprint covers Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It also distributes its seed varieties in Angola, DRC, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Uganda and several countries in West Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Mozambique, Seed Co was established in 2016 to cater for small-scale and commercial farmer\u2019s need for certified, quality seeds. Over the years, the local business has grown both in the volume of seed sold, distribution network and number of staff in response to the increasing demand for our products. Seed Co is committed to the sustainability of its seed-to-feed business. It is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and respect for its stakeholders. It innovates, delivers climate-smart high yielding seed solutions, agronomic support, and training to help farmers to efficiently use land and other farming inputs to feed people and livestock. Seed Co is committed to sound environmental stewardship through responsible use of natural resources, the environment, safety and caring with host communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founded in 1940 as a Cooperative of Zimbabwean farmers, Seed Co has grown to become a&nbsp; a Pan-African producer of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1312,"parent":36,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-44","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/139.84.241.235\/seedcomozambique\/vegetables\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/139.84.241.235\/seedcomozambique\/vegetables\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/139.84.241.235\/seedcomozambique\/vegetables\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/139.84.241.235\/seedcomozambique\/vegetables\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/139.84.241.235\/seedcomozambique\/vegetables\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/139.84.241.235\/seedcomozambique\/vegetables\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1935,"href":"http:\/\/139.84.241.235\/seedcomozambique\/vegetables\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions\/1935"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/139.84.241.235\/seedcomozambique\/vegetables\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/139.84.241.235\/seedcomozambique\/vegetables\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/139.84.241.235\/seedcomozambique\/vegetables\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}