QualiBasic Seed goes back to basics

QualiBasic Seed goes back to basics by Davison Silungwe

Every seed company in Zambia has positioned itself in the market to offer something unique to the industry, and Qualibasic Seed will appeal to any farmer who believes in the purity of foundation seed. QualiBasic Seeds (QBS) is a foundation seed (FS) company, established in 2017. Their headquarters are in Nairobi, Kenya, with subsidiary operations in Zambia and South Africa. QBS is a commercial business that will ultimately be owned by the seed companies with whom they conduct business. QBS can claim that they achieve high quality standards such as genetic purity and good germination over several production cycles. It is both a painstaking process and is expensive, but QBS aims to: • Leverage economies of scale, to support significant investment in production and quality management to be able to ensure timely supply of FS to customers. • Supply FS of the highest quality, priced according to the value addition to a seed company’s business but representing a level of affordability that enhances the availability of certified seed to small scale farmers in Africa. • Ensure that a seed company can not only reliably produce their certified seed requirement, but also increase their certified seed yield, thus improving both quality and productivity.

QBS is more of a problem solver and risk mitigator than just a seed company – helping customers manage the inherent risk of producing FS and providing them with FS that significantly improves the output of their certified seed. QBS conducts activities such as production, processing, storage, quality control and selling of foundation seed: • Production by contracted, experienced growers, • QC standards applied and NVK count per lot, • Conditioning in purpose-built facilities to clean, de-husk, grade, colour separate and bulk store the raw, conditioned seed, • Environmentally controlled storage (temperature and humidity), • Chemical treatment, labelling and packing in sales units before shipping, • Sales in Zambia to seed companies and export to Eastern and Southern African countries.

The mission, vision and core values of QBS are:

Mission: To produce and supply foundation seed of the highest quality and purity to seed companies in Eastern and Southern Africa, with the aim to be their preferred supplier of foundation seed to the ultimate benefit of Africa’s farmers.

Vision: To become the reference for quality foundation seed supply in Africa. QBS equals trusted quality.

QBS’s core values are trust, integrity and quality: • Nurturing trust amongst colleagues to do the right thing, and building trust with customers – QBS’s people do what they say. • They act with integrity in every•

thing that they do, and they take great care with the genetic integrity of all their plant lines They deliver quality – their people, products and interactions are simply the best.

Directors: Mick Mwala Davison Silungwe Donald Maviindize

Head Office: Off East-Gate Road, Nairobi, Kenya

Zambian Office & Warehouse: Plot 397, York Farm, Kafue Road, Lusaka

Company Registration Number: 120170003225

Zambian Staff: Production & Supply Manager – Davison Silungwe

Contact Davison Silungwe at +26(0)- 96-609-0228 or send and e-mail to Davison@Qualibasicseed.com or info@Qualibasicseed.com to obtain your exquisite foundation seed.