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Session ‐ VII
Seed Stakeholders‐Scientists Interaction
Chairman : Dr. J. S. Sandhu
Assistant Director General (Seeds), ICAR, New Delhi
Co‐Chairman : Dr. N. K. Dadlani
Director, NSAI, New Delhi
Rapporteurs : Dr. Geeta Bassi, PAU, Ludhiana
: Dr. Ravi Hunje, UAS, Dharwad
Date: 16.04.2012
Time: 9.00 A.M.
The session started with opening remarks by Dr J.S.Sandhu. He stressed that public‐ private
partnership is the need of the hour for the overall development of the Seed sector in the country. There
were nine speakers for their presentations but only three made their deliberations.
First speaker was Dr N. K. Dadlani who explained in details various workable areas for public‐private
partnership in Seed Technology. He emphasised that for moving forward in seed sector private and
public sector should work in harmony and with mutual trust in the field of seed research. He stressed
upon equal partnership of both the sector (private and public). He appreciated the contributions
made by public sector and informed that both sectors have realised to work together after the
introduction of PPV & FR Act and to compete in the global seed regime. Commercialisation of the
product developed is very essential. So it is necessary to establish a joint group of public and private
sectors to work together to evolve policies in contract research, knowledge sharing, joint technology
development and technology licencing. There is a need to constitute a small inclusive task force to
identify need based areas.
Some researchable suggested areas are:
Newer areas for seed production
Decrease the cost of seed production by off‐ season production
To revisit the isolation distance based on scientific data and experimental evidences.
Development of protocol for high quality seeds
Economic and effective seed drying and storage protocols
Rationalisation and validation of seed samples for quality tests
Seed quality enhancement technology.
Second deliberation was made by Dr D.B. Desai, MD Nav Bharat Seeds Gujarat on “Issues related to Seed
Industry of Gujarat ” and shared his long association with the seed family in India. He emphasised:
To organise small interactive sessions with farmers and dealers to match the farmer‐ breeder
objective for variety and hybrids development.
To compile the research outcome of last 25 years for the benefit of all the stakeholders.
Research on cost of seed production and seed supply.
Liberal supply of germplasm for use in R & D for the private sector.
Representation of seed association in various committees related to seed.
To involve private sector in seed Bank Scheme.
Third speaker Dr. B.N. Basu from Hindustan Insecticides Ltd. a Govt. of India Undertaking explained his rich
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