Seed Ventures

Seed Business Incubation (SBI) is an initiative to develop and promote rural seed business ventures at village level in order to bridge the demand and supply gap of open pollinated quality seeds through public, private and people partnership.

Pre-production stage

• Business plan
• Training and capacity building on seed production
• Escort services (liaison e banks, market yards and APSSDC)

Production stage

• Foundation seed/breeder seed
• Quality control
• Processing of seeds and storage access Post-production stage
• Branding and post-sales support

AAI – A Seed Business Model

• A replicable model seed system
• Farmer entrepreneurs as stakeholders
• Establish PPP mode for sustainable seed system in AP & TN
• Quality control
• Seed processing, packing and branding
• Infrastructure ( for seed processing, QC and storing the produce)