Private

After the establishment of National seeds corporation 1963,and the state seed corporation have brought a change as a result a large number of private seed companies many with foreign collaboration have come into being, which are now engaged in the scientific seed come into being, which are now engaged in the scientific seed production.

By 1945, the private vegetable seed companies had developed facilities for producing seeds of temperate vegetables in Quetta and the Kashmir valley. In 1946, the seedsmen handling vegetable seeds organised themselves into an association- The All India Seed Growers, Merchants and Nurserymen's Association with the objectives of ensuring the rapid development of the vegetable seed industry.

The Private Sector will continue its activities in the more lucrative sectors of the market, with a strong emphasis on hybrids and the more specialised low volume crops such as vegetables and to some extent, fodder crops. Consequently, the availability of hybrid technologies in new crops will be a crucial factor in the development of the private sector. Public Sector has largely concentrated on agricultural crops, mainly cereals. Much of the seeds of hybrid varieties and vegetables is produced and distributed by the Private Sector.


Ag.
Technologies
(Seeds)