Seed industry, an eye-catching sub-industry in the agriculture sector, has gone through enormous transitions within the last decade and has evolved in a multibillion dollar industry. Advances in biotechnology and genetics, great returns, enormous market, favorable policies – all these have caught the attention of capital investors and interests of more and more private sector seed companies

The transitions within the last decade have resulted in the presence of more and more private sector seed companies and countries such as India, China, Thailand, Indonesia and Philippines are strategically positioned to become the hub of seed industry development.

There are several segments of the learning curve that the seed companies have to traverse to emerge as a significant force in the global markets. The Seed Industry Program 2012, sixth in the series, hosted by Cornell University and Sathguru Management Consultants, is the bridge between knowledge and application for a better future of the seed industry. The program will focus on –

• Enhancing the ability of the participants to understand emerging issues and develop strategic solutions to augment business through deeper understanding of research management, technology access through licensing, regulatory compliance, market access factors and business restructuring.

• The course will highlight the rapid progress that is taking place in this sector due to technological advancement and policy reforms; the developments in R&D; new procedures and possibilities of this ever-changing seed retail sector.

Various issues of sustainability, access to technology, product delivery rights will be among the other areas of focus. The course structure involves the participants in practical discussions, lectures, group exercises, case studies and strategic skills that can be successfully executed in the field.