The National Seed Association of India (NSAI), the apex organisation representing the Indian seed industry has presently about 200 companies as its members. The vision of NSAI is to create a dynamic, innovative, and internationally competitive, research based industry producing high performance, high quality seeds and planting materials which benefit farmers and significantly contribute to the sustainable growth of Indian Agriculture. And the Mission of NSAI is to encourage investment in state of the art R&D to bring to the Indian farmer superior genetics and technologies, which are high performing and adapted to a wide range of agro-climatic zones. It will actively contribute to the seed industry policy development, with the concerned governments, to ensure that policies and regulations create an enabling environment including public acceptance so that the industry is globally competitive.

NSAI advocates (a) equitable consideration of all matters affecting the seed industry, (b) the interest of sustainable agriculture globally, (c) enhanced exchange of superior genetics within the country and from across the borders, (d) increased global trade in seeds (e) the welfare and economic prosperity of the Indian farmer. NSAI will also promote harmonization and adoption of best commercial practices in production, processing, quality control and distribution of seeds.

Activities
The National Seed Association of India provides a forum for consultation between the Members and the concerned Ministries of Government of India, ICAR, Certification Agencies, State Governments and with different international agencies. With greater openness in the economy, the Association is gearing up for a much bigger role by hosting international seed conferences of APSA and ISF and by working towards an increased role for India in the international seed trade. The private sector has strong scientific capabilities and breeding programs, comprehensive multi location testing facilities including on-farm testing of pre-commercial hybrids as per national and international testing protocols, research trial data supplemented by on-farm test data and farmer feedback on performance and preference to facilitate decisions on commercialization of new hybrids. The high adoption of private bred hybrids by the farmers all across the country is a testimony to the robustness and successes of the development and testing protocol followed by the private industry.

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