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Status of breeder seed
The Indian Council of Agricultural
Research (ICAR) has created an
impressive infrastructure for
production of breeder seed of
different crops in collaboration with
the state agricultural universities
(SAUs). The ICAR also allows
breeder seed production by the
National Seeds Corporation (NSC),
State Farms Corporation of India,
state seed corporations, and non-
governmental organisations in
specific cases. Breeder seed is
produced as per the indent
submitted by the Ministry of
Agriculture, Government of India,
based on the demand from both the
public and private sectors. Generally,
the production of breeder seed is
more than the indent.
The National Seed Project
(Crops)
Mandate
To conduct, coordinate and
monitor research on different
aspects of seed science and
technology.
Rice breeder seed (t) produced during 1997-98
Breeder seed production (BSP) and
seed technology research (STR)
centers in eastern India
Center Component
NDUAT BSP/STR
(Faizabad)
BHU (Varanas) BSP
AAU (Jorhat) BSP
BAU (Ranchi) BSP
RAU (Dholi) BSP/STR
OUAT (Bhubaneshwar) BSP/STR
IGKVV (Raipur) BSP
Seed programs in India
Rice Seed Supply in Eastern India
The National Seeds Corporation (NSC) was established in
1963 and the Uttar Pradesh Seeds and Tarai
Development Corporation in 1969, followed by other state
seed corporations and seed certification agencies. These
developments triggered the growth of the private seed
industry. The Seed Act was passed in 1966 and
implemented in 1968. The National Seed Project, NSP-I,
was launched in 1977 with the assistance of the World
Bank at an estimated cost of US$ 52.7 million followed by
NSP-II in 1978 with an outlay of US$ 34.9 million. The
seed program received further help with the launching of
the All India Coordinated Research Project on Seed,
called the National Seed Project (NSP) (Crops), in 1979
by the ICAR. The Council further strengthened the seed
research programs by launching the special project on
“Promotion of Research and Development Efforts on
Hybrids in Selected Crops” in 1989. NSP-Ill (WB),
implemented in 1989, supported not only the public
sector seed industry and ICAR, but also the private seed
industry.
State Government of India State Total
Indent Production Indent Production Indent Production
Uttar Pradesh 13.9 54.4 26.0 68.6 39.9 111.1
Madhya Pradesh 5.9 5.63 2.4 46.0 29.7 51.6
Bihar NA 1
NA 2.0 6.0 2.0 9.0
West Bengal 2 1.0 1.5 2.0 1.9 3.0 3.4
Orissa 14.0 2.9 26.8 122.1 140.8 135.0
Assam 0.0 NA 6.6 7.4 6.7 7.0
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