The goal of the consolidation phase is to continue and promote cooperation to strengthen the Indian seed sector in the areas of “legal-political framework conditions”, “harmonization of register and value tests” and “production, storage and processing of and trade in high-quality seed”. The practical implementation is mainly carried out in the pilot region Telangana, which is in increasing exchange with other regions. Planned project results are:

1. The dialogue between German and Indian organizations and with authorities on the political and legal framework and on potential for improvement in the production, storage and processing of and trade in high-quality seed will be continued.
2. Procedures and technical methods for registration and identification of varieties are increasingly harmonized with international standards and contribute to the strengthening of the Indian plant variety protection system.
3. Measures to improve cooperation between government agencies and the private sector in the production, storage and processing of and trade in high-quality seeds will be continued and consolidated and will contribute to strengthening the “Seed Bowl”/”Seed Park” initiatives in Telangana State
4. Actors in one or two other project regions benefit from training measures for the production, storage and processing of or trade in high-quality seeds as well as from the exchange of experiences gained in the state of Telangana and implement them in an exemplary manner.

The project measures are being implemented with partners at national level and in the three seed production zones of north-west India, north-east India and in the south of India with the participation of 12 federal states. Expert partners in Germany include the Bundessortenamt (BSA), the Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), the Bundesverband Deutscher Pflanzenzüchter (BDP) e.V., the Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) and the University of Hohenheim. In addition, there is intensive exchange with international organisations in the seed sector (International Seed Testing Association (ISTA), OECD Secretariat for Seed Certification, Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) in the EU.