In a first, India’s premier state-run body for coordinating, guiding, and managing research and education in agriculture, horticulture, fisheries, and animal sciences, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), is planning to open the door to the private sector across the entire value chain of farming — from joint seed development, collaboration in research, and extension services to marketing.

       The ICAR institutes are also looking to open their facilities, laboratories, and fields to joint research with the private sector in seed development and other connected sectors and will also look at

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