- 1. Expectations from Public Private Partnership such as ABI
Bioseeds perspectiveParesh Verma Bioseed Research India Pvt
Ltd
2. Bioseed
- Bioseed is part of the DCM Shriram group DSCL
- Agri-businesses form the core business group in DSCL
- Two thirds of DSCLs revenue of Rs. 3000 crore comes from
Agri-businesses
3. DSCL: Agri inputs Fertilizer plant at Kota 4. DSCL: Sugar
Sugar plant in Ajbapur, UP 5. DSCL: Agri retail Haryali Kissan
Bazars Agri inputs Agri fuel BankingInformation access Consumer
Products Winning customer trust with Quality and Integrity 6. DSCL:
Farmer focus Shriram Krishi Vikas Kendras (SKVKs) 7. DSCLs Hybrid
SeedBusiness 8. Seed Business
9. Bioseed: Customer reach 10.
Bioseed Research Field research station, Philippines Field
research station, Hyderabad 11. PPP in Agricultural Research Public
sector has strong infrastructure and scientific knowledge base
Private sector knows customer requirement and has the focus and
resources required to take useful technology to commercialization
through product development PPP is a good idea 12. PPPmodels
- Knowledge sharing (consulting)
- Technology licensing / buy out
- Infrastructure and knowledgesharing (e.g. ABI)
- Joint technology development
- Information/knowledge networks
13. Bioseeds experience: Partnership in ICRISATs Agri Business
Incubator
- Partnership started with Bioseeds decision to license-in the
technology in cotton
- We wanted to get started immediately and squeeze the time lines
aggressively
- Development of own infrastructure would have taken time
14. Fast tracking of introgression Spring 2004 Kharif 2007 Nine
Bt cotton hybrids based on proprietary genetics approved by GEAC
for commercialization 15. Benefits from ABI
- Jump start on biotechnology projects
- Access to world class research facilities
- Access to ICRISATs vast scientific information base and
expertise
- Delayed capital expense in company
- No risk of carrying idle capacity
16. Bioseeds experience: Partnership with ICGEB
- Partnership started with Bioseeds decision to develop new
traits andtechnology platforms
- ICGEB has relevant technology at pre-proof of concept
stage
- Bioseed has the capacity to use the potential technology in
product development
- Project is being supported by Govt. of India
17. Bioseeds experience: Partnership with ICRISAT
- ICRISAT started hybrid parent development consortia
- Bioseed getting access to unfinished breeding material
- Bioseed using this material to develop new unique proprietary
parental lines
- Bioseed accessing newly developed material earlier than
non-member companies
18. Bioseeds experience: Partnership with IRRI
- IRRI started Hybrid Rice Development Consortium (HRDC)
- Bioseed getting access to unfinished breeding material and
using this material to develop new unique proprietary parental
lines
- Provision to obtain exclusive rights by auction
- Bioseed accessing newly developed material earlier than
non-member companies
19. Bioseeds experience: Partnership with UNL
- Partnership with University of Nebraska allows Bioseed to
access pre-release breeding material
- Bioseed is using this material to develop new unique and
proprietary parental lines
20. Bioseeds experience: Partnership with CLRRI
- Scope of partnership is limited to evaluation of hybrids in
South Vietnam
- Bioseed gets very good quality research trial data without
having to invest in organization
21. DSCLs experience: Partnership with IRRI/USAID/Gates
Foundation
- Private Sector lead partner in South Asia Cereal Systems
Initiative
- Focus on disseminating technology to farmers
- Based on the recognition that the research findings in public
institutes do not reach the farmer since they are not in touch with
end consumers of technology
22. PPP: Status Whilst public-private partnerships offer
potentially important opportunities for pro-poor agricultural
research, very few examples of successful public-private
partnerships have come to light with public sector institutions in
developing countries.WHY ? 23. PPP enablers
- Clear policy framework and guidelines
- Strong basic research in public sector
- Vibrant private sector willing to invest inapplied research and
take risks
- Legislative environment conducive to IPRprotection
- Predictable regulatory process for newtechnology
24. Key success factors
- Complementarity of partners
- Professional respect for each other
- Clearly defined roles, milestones and timelines
- Clarity on Intellectual Property ownership
- Clarity on Freedom to Operate issues
- Clarity on benefit sharing
25. AGI BUSINESS INCUBATOR at ICRISAT is an example of a
successful model of Public Private Partnernship Weve had too much
talk, its time to move some cheese now! 26. Thank You