BESST-HORT, A TBI of ICAR-IIHR had organised a Webinar for Agri. Start-ups on Business Opportunities in Seeds and Planting Material of Horticultural Crops. Dr. M.R. Dinesh, President of BESST-HORT & Director, ICAR-IIHR gave opening remarks.
This Webinar was conducted for the benefit of farmers, aspiring entrepreneurs, retired professionals to give information on technical, financial and regulatory guidelines in the business of seeds & planting material. Along with this, successful entrepreneurs shared their experience in seeds & planting material business of horticultural crops. Total 32 participants attended in the Webinar across the country. The experts like Dr. S. Rajendra Prasad, Hon’ble VC, UAS Bengaluru, Dr. S. K. Tikoo, Co-Founder and Director, Tierra Seed Science Pvt. Ltd, Shri.R Ravindra, DGM, APEDA and Mr. K. S. Patra from Bank of Baroda, Mumbai shared their valuable knowledge and experience in the whole gamut of seeds and planting material business covering opportunities, regulatory requirement, export and challenges, Dr. Prasanna H.C and Dr. M. Sankaran of ICAR-IIHR also spoke about IIHR technologies in seeds and planting material. As a follow -up of this Webinar BESST-HORT would be coming up with customized training and capacity building programme to service this sector.