In the context of food and nutritional security of India enhancing the 39 Seed Replacement Rates 39 ...........

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In the context of food and nutritional security of India, enhancing the 'Seed Replacement Rates' of various crops helps in achieving the food production targets of the future. But what is/are the constraint/constraints in its wider/greater implementation ?

1. There is no National Seeds Policy in place.

2. There is no participation of private sector seed companies in the supply of quality seeds of vegetables and planting materials of horticultural crops.

3. There is a demand-supply gap regarding quality seeds in case of low value and high volume crops.

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Explanation:

New Policy on Seed Development of 1988 opened the gates for private sector participation in the seed business and the National Seed Policy, 2002, opening up of FDI in seeds which led to high participation of private sector seed companies in the supply of quality seeds of vegetables and planting materials of horticultural crops. Therefore, statement 1 and 2 are incorrect.

There is a huge gap between the requirement and supply of seeds. Seed firms which provide quality seeds are not able to penetrate in to the seed markets due to the cheaper seeds supplied by unorganized sector. Statement 3 is correct.