National Informatics Centre-SeedNet

The quality of seeds is crucial in increasing the production of crops. The

quality of seeds is going down with time, and quality control, which is a costly

process, has become an important factor in seed multiplication and distribution.

Also high quality seeds can significantly increase the profits of farmers and

growers. Therefore, high quality good seeds are the basic requirement of farmers

of agricultural crops. Considering all this, NIC has created the Seednet India

Portal where all seed-related information has been put on the Web. The farmers

can go to the nearest NGO or government help center or local distributor, to get

the relevant information.

Similarly, all research institutes, certifying agencies and seed testing

organizations can get any seed related information such as testing procedures,

new crop information, etc, easily through the portal.

The portal has a varieties database which provides information on various

available varieties of each seed, information about newly released seeds, etc.

Its seed management database provides information on availability, supply and

demand for different varieties of seeds, and hence, helps policy planners in

decision making. Also the portal has seed-related gazette notifications online

from 1968 onwards as scanned original documents.

	Project Specs Business problem: Seed quality deteriorating, information about seeds was not easily available IT solution: An online portal was developed which provides a large amount of seed information to everyone Impact: While a lot of information about seeds in India is available on this portal, its too early to say how much impact this portal will make Implementation partner: Inhouse
V Rajeswari, Technical Director

On the portal you can also find information about seed certifying and seed

testing agencies, institutes, government bodies etc. Information about field

standards, minimum seed certification standards and many other standards

associated with seeds can be found on the portal.

The total number of available seeds for the coming year, and the requirement

placed by every state government can also be found at the portal.

Information about the dealers present in a particular area can also be

found-dealers also have the choice of going to the portal and registering

themselves. The portal can be visited at

http://seednet.gov.in/.