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The very existence of the IFSSA is for linking public-private seed sectors and providing value-added services to the seed industry. The salient objectives are: |
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To undertake, promote, develop, research activities for maintaining, multiplying and making available good quality pure seed of the parental lines of hybrids and allied varieties of every type and agricultural crops |
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To develop, research, standardize and offer services pertaining to ancillary seed quality assessment and testing techniques viz., DNA markers for varietal characterization and genetic purity analysis |
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Utilization of DNA purity detection techniques, which may eliminate the time consuming, labour intensive and expensive field grow-out tests (GOT) |
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Utilization of Marker Assisted Selection (MAS) techniques for quick and precise crop improvement schemes |
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To act as an effective interface or facilitator between all those engaged in the production and distribution of foundation and breeder seeds |
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To collect, classify, prepare, publish and distribute the information pertaining to the research involved and production of quality seeds of improved crop varieties/hybrids |
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| In future, IFSSA would diversify and expand its activities in the best interest of seedsmen and the farmers |
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