More than the pride involved in hosting the triennial International Seed\nTesting Association (ISTA) congress here from June 26 for the first time in\nAsia, 32nd one over all, Telangana is taking the event as an opportunity to\nearn reputation as an emerging hub in the global seed arena and also to leap up\nseed exports. The eight-day congress would have the main event for three days\nand technical committee meetings\/sessions would be held over the next five\ndays. Efforts for hosting the congress started in 2016 itself after identifying\nthe opportunities in seed exports based on the strong foundation the State\nalready has in quality seed production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs it is, Telangana is a major hub of seed production in the country\nmeeting about 60% of the country\u2019s needs in major crops such as rice, maize,\nsoyabean, pearl millet, sorghum and cotton. About 400 seed companies are\noperating in the State with 413 seed processing and 13 seed testing units\u201d,\nAgriculture Production Commissioner C. Parthasarathi said adding that about 2.5\nlakh farmers in 1,500 villages were engaged in seed production in 3 lakh acres.\nThey were producing about 65,000 tonnes seed of various crops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With a view to exporting seed, particularly under the Organisation for\nEconomic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Telangana government has\nstarted seed certification for the purpose from Kharif 2016 with Telangana\nState Seed and Organic Certification Authority (TSSOCA) as the nodal agency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAlthough India became a member of OECD in 2007-08, the potential to export\nseed was not explored until Telangana did so in 2016\u201d, former Agriculture\nSecretary S.K. Pattanayak said adding that Telangana had set an example for\nother States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nEfforts of Telangana in the seed sector were recognised further when Director\nof TSSOCA was appointed as the nodal officer to pursue European Equivalence\nmembership to India by the Union Agriculture Ministry in 2017 to explore the\nseed export opportunities to the European countries. \u201cEstablishing a\nstate-of-the-art seed testing laboratory is also under completion to give\nfurther boost to seed certification and exports from Telangana\u201d, TSSCOA\nDirector K. Keshavulu told.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the main event of ISTA congress from June 26 to 28, seed experts,\nscientists, policy makers, researchers and members of public and private seed\nindustry from over 80 countries will deliberate on seed policies, production\nand quality aspects. On the sidelines of the congress, international seed\nexhibition is also being organised and a seed farmers meeting will be held on\nJune 27. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
From June 29 to July 3, technical committee meetings\/sessions including a\nseminar on DNA technologies for varietal identification will be held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ISTA Congress meet:<\/strong> More than the pride involved in hosting the triennial International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) congress here from June 26 for the first time in Asia, 32nd one over all, Telangana is taking the event as an opportunity to earn reputation as an emerging hub in the global seed arena and also to leap up seed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[85],"class_list":["post-2968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-articles","tag-telangana-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2970,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2968\/revisions\/2970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCongress will have the main event for three days and technical committee\nmeetings\/sessions over the next 5 days. The Congress will have a symposium on\nseed technology and quality in a changing world. It would discuss recent\ndevelopments in seed research and in technology related to seeds.
\nWorkshop: The workshops would focus on varietal identification, seed sampling,\nPurity, germination and moisture. The latter workshop will held from July 5 to\n12.
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\nParticipants:<\/strong>
\n400 experts, policymakers, scientists, researchers and members of seed industry\nfrom more than 80 countries including the UK, South Africa, Argentina, New\nZealand, Canada and Austria, will deliberate on seed policies, production and\nquality aspects.
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\nTelangana: <\/strong>
\nTelangana is major hub of seed production as it meets about 60% of the\ncountry’s needs in major crops like rice, soybean, sorghum, maize, pearl millet\nand cotton.
\nTelangana, over 400 seed companies are operating with 413 seed processing and\n13 seed testing units and about 2.5 lakh farmers in 1,500 villages are engaged\nin seed production in 3 lakh acres and produce about 65,000 tonnes seed of\nvarious crops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"