Medak District Development Officer

To

Mr. K Rajkumar

Medak District Development Officer

NABARD

Plot No.31, Shantinagar, Behind ManjiraGrameena Bank,

H.O., Sangareddy, Medak - 502 001

Dear Sir/Madam,

Greetings from CSA and NisargicShethiBeej Producer Company ltd!!!

We are pleased to inform you thatCENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE (CSA) and NISARGIC SHETHI BEEJ PRODUCER COMPANY LIMITED jointly organizing is aTrainingProgramme on Seed Production and Marketingto be held atWardha, Maharashtra, Indiafrom 2nd to 6thDecember, 2013.We are appending herewith details of the above-mentioned training for your perusal.

We request you to kindly depute the project manager/technical staff/project executive staff who is working on seed management (both formal and informal) from your organization or from the partner organizations.The purpose of thetrainingprogramme is to augment knowledge and skills of Seed Production and marketing.

The course broadly covers:

• Importance of seed in Sustainable Agriculture.
• Institutions - Community Seed banks and Producer Company
• Planning for seed production (Assessing demand, procurement, selection of seed farmers.
• Seed Production Practices in Self Pollinated Crops, Cross often Pollinated crops and Cross pollinated crops.
• Hybrid Seed Production in Cotton and Maize. (Parental lines and F1)
• Setting up of Seed processing Units.
• Seed Marketing- strategy.
• Regulatory requirements for formal seed system.
• Open Source Seed System
• Participatory Approaches of seed management
• Documentation on Value for Cultivation and Use.

Seats/No of Participants: 30

• Medium: The entire course would be in English.
• Participant: The course is designed fordevelopment professionals working to promote ecological farming/ organic farming/sustainable agriculture. Persons that need technical exposure in the organizations working in agriculture field can apply.
• Course fee: Rs. 10,000 per participants (Food, Accommodation, resource material and Local conveyance to seed production plots and seed processing units). The completed nomination form along with the requisite fee Demand Draft/ Multi-city cheque / Bank Transfer in favour of the CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE PAYABLE AT HYDERABAD should be sent to the undersigned on or before the 15/11/2013.
• Bank Account Details for Online Transfer:

In case you need any clarification or more information, please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned (Mobile: +91-7386145368, 040-27014302 and 27017735

Email:).

We look forward to the participation from your end.For further details on training content, please see the attached broacher.

Yours sincerely,

Raja shekar

Course Coordinator