QUESTION

Hard

Economy

Prelims 2014

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 vegetable 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

India had a national seeds policy in 2002.

Also, many private companies are operating in supplying seeds to the farmers.

However, there is a demand-supply gap regarding quality seeds in the case of low-value and high-volume crops such as wheat and rice. Thus, only statement three is correct.

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