A discussion was held at the National Agriculture Information and Communication Center on 22.04.2025 to plan a public and private sector joint seed production program to increase the quality of rice varieties, additional food crops, and vegetable seed products recommended by the Department of Agriculture and meet the national seed requirement.

The discussion was held under the patronage of the Director General of Agriculture, Mrs. Shiromani Edirimanne, and was attended by the Additional Director General of Agriculture (Development), Additional Director General of Agriculture (Research), Directors of all Agro-Technical Institutes of the Department of Agriculture, Provincial Directors of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture officers including officers of the Mahaweli Authority, and many stakeholders in the seed production sector including private sector production companies, farmer organizations, seed production farmer societies, private large-scale seed producers.