In the course of the project SG 2000 continuously needed large amounts of seed to
scale-up in other regions of Guinea. SG 2000 thus became the major customer of the
formal seed producers and bought the entire seed produced throughout the project’s
life time. This same organizational setting is currently in use for Nerica multiplication
and dissemination under the African Rice Initiative project. SG 2000 reduced its
activities in 2003 and withdrew from the country shortly afterwards.