{"id":44,"date":"2021-08-27T13:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localhost\/seedcozm\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2026-01-07T10:29:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T10:29:53","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/seedcogroup.com\/ng\/fieldcrops\/about-us\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<!-- Cool Timeline Free V3.2 -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ctl-wrapper\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Timeline\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ctl-before-content\"><div class=\"timeline-main-title\"><H2>Our Story<\/H2><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div id=\"cool_timeline_1\" class=\"cool-timeline-wrapper ctl-both-sided ctl-vertical-wrapper\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ctl-start\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Timeline Container -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ctl-timeline ctl-timeline-container\" data-animation=\"none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Center Line -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ctl-inner-line\" role=\"presentation\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Timeline Content --><div  id=\"ctl-story-3545\" class=\"ctl-story ctl-story-dot-icon odd ctl-story-right\" data-aos=\"none\"   data-story-index=\"1\" role=\"article\"><!-- Story Date --><div class=\"ctl-labels\"><div class=\"ctl-label-big story-date\">January 7<\/div><\/div><!-- Story IconDot --><div class=\"ctl-icondot\"><\/div> <!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"ctl-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Story Content --><div class=\"ctl-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"ctl-title story-3545\" aria-label=\"2\">2025<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"ctl-description\"><p>Introduced two high-performing wheat varieties, marking a major step forward in supporting Nigeria\u2019s dry-season wheat production and strengthening our contribution to national food security.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Timeline Content --><div  id=\"ctl-story-3543\" class=\"ctl-story ctl-story-dot-icon even ctl-story-left\" data-aos=\"none\"   data-story-index=\"2\" role=\"article\"><!-- Story Date --><div class=\"ctl-labels\"><div class=\"ctl-label-big story-date\">January 7<\/div><\/div><!-- Story IconDot --><div class=\"ctl-icondot\"><\/div> <!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"ctl-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Story Content --><div class=\"ctl-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"ctl-title story-3543\" aria-label=\"2\">2024<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"ctl-description\"><p>Launch of the Seed Co Nigeria Online Shop for Nationwide E-Commerce Purchases<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Timeline Content --><div  id=\"ctl-story-3541\" class=\"ctl-story ctl-story-dot-icon odd ctl-story-right\" data-aos=\"none\"   data-story-index=\"3\" role=\"article\"><!-- Story Date --><div class=\"ctl-labels\"><div class=\"ctl-label-big story-date\">January 7<\/div><\/div><!-- Story IconDot --><div class=\"ctl-icondot\"><\/div> <!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"ctl-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Story Content --><div class=\"ctl-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"ctl-title story-3541\" aria-label=\"2\">2018<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"ctl-description\"><p>We introduced the nations highest producing soybean grain SC-SL01<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Timeline Content --><div  id=\"ctl-story-3542\" class=\"ctl-story ctl-story-dot-icon even ctl-story-left\" data-aos=\"none\"   data-story-index=\"4\" role=\"article\"><!-- Story Date --><div class=\"ctl-labels\"><div class=\"ctl-label-big story-date\">January 7<\/div><\/div><!-- Story IconDot --><div class=\"ctl-icondot\"><\/div> <!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"ctl-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Story Content --><div class=\"ctl-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"ctl-title story-3542\" aria-label=\"2\">2020<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"ctl-description\"><p>Focus on the farmers\u2019 knowledge and adoption of enhanced technology that promotes productivity.[<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Timeline Content --><div  id=\"ctl-story-3537\" class=\"ctl-story ctl-story-dot-icon odd ctl-story-right\" data-aos=\"none\"   data-story-index=\"5\" role=\"article\"><!-- Story Date --><div class=\"ctl-labels\"><div class=\"ctl-label-big story-date\">January 7<\/div><\/div><!-- Story IconDot --><div class=\"ctl-icondot\"><\/div> <!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"ctl-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Story Content --><div class=\"ctl-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"ctl-title story-3537\" aria-label=\"2\">2016<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"ctl-description\"><p>The company established its work base in Kaduna as its center of operation. The Drought and striga tolerant SC651 variety was released<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Timeline Content --><div  id=\"ctl-story-3539\" class=\"ctl-story ctl-story-dot-icon even ctl-story-left\" data-aos=\"none\"   data-story-index=\"6\" role=\"article\"><!-- Story Date --><div class=\"ctl-labels\"><div class=\"ctl-label-big story-date\">January 7<\/div><\/div><!-- Story IconDot --><div class=\"ctl-icondot\"><\/div> <!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"ctl-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Story Content --><div class=\"ctl-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"ctl-title story-3539\" aria-label=\"2\">2017<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"ctl-description\"><p>We launched our first seed processing plant from Malawi with a 20mt\/day production SC649 and SC612 (Pro -vitA) maize varieties were registered and commercialized<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Timeline Content --><div  id=\"ctl-story-3536\" class=\"ctl-story ctl-story-dot-icon odd ctl-story-right\" data-aos=\"none\"   data-story-index=\"7\" role=\"article\"><!-- Story Date --><div class=\"ctl-labels\"><div class=\"ctl-label-big story-date\">January 7<\/div><\/div><!-- Story IconDot --><div class=\"ctl-icondot\"><\/div> <!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"ctl-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Story Content --><div class=\"ctl-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"ctl-title story-3536\" aria-label=\"2\">2014<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"ctl-description\"><p>Registration of the first 2 hybrids SC645 &amp; SC719 registered and commercialized<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Timeline Content --><div  id=\"ctl-story-3535\" class=\"ctl-story ctl-story-dot-icon even ctl-story-left\" data-aos=\"none\"   data-story-index=\"8\" role=\"article\"><!-- Story Date --><div class=\"ctl-labels\"><div class=\"ctl-label-big story-date\">January 7<\/div><\/div><!-- Story IconDot --><div class=\"ctl-icondot\"><\/div> <!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"ctl-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Story Content --><div class=\"ctl-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"ctl-title story-3535\" aria-label=\"2\">2013<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"ctl-description\"><p>Agri-Seed Co was established as a Joint Venture between Saro and Seed Co.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ctl-end\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1212,"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":"https:\/\/seedcogroup.com\/ng\/fieldcrops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seedcogroup.com\/ng\/fieldcrops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seedcogroup.com\/ng\/fieldcrops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seedcogroup.com\/ng\/fieldcrops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seedcogroup.com\/ng\/fieldcrops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/seedcogroup.com\/ng\/fieldcrops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3546,"href":"https:\/\/seedcogroup.com\/ng\/fieldcrops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions\/3546"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seedcogroup.com\/ng\/fieldcrops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seedcogroup.com\/ng\/fieldcrops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seedcogroup.com\/ng\/fieldcrops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}