SEEDS I.

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The Seeds Project will establish a modern seed industry mainly for rice, which at full output will produce about 22,000 tons yearly of high yielding varieties and make possible an increase in rice production in Indonesia by about 320,000 tons yearly. The project will principally consist of the establishment and operation of: (i) a National Seeds Corporation (NSC) which will develop a mechanized and irrigated seed farm on part of the Government-owned Sukamandi area in West Java and be responsible for production, processing and marketing of seed; (ii) a semi-autonomous plant breeding station at Sukamandi as a branch of the Central Research Institute of Agriculture (CRIA) to ensure an adequate flow of high yielding plant varieties to support the NSC's seed production program; and (iii) a seeds control and certification service. Appropriate seeds legislation will be promulgated to establish standards for seed purity and certification.