Vegetable seeds — commercial-grower lines
Three vegetable lines anchor Kehkashan's seed packer book: onion, okra and tomato. Each ships in hybrid F1 or open-pollinated grades with ISTA Certificates of Analysis. Pack presentation is foil pouch or carton for cool-chain handling. Variety codes drive pricing tiers as on alfalfa.
Top buying countries
Nigeria, Kenya and Tanzania are the deepest onion seed buyers in our book, drawing Granex 55 and Bhima Red. Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Egypt buy okra and tomato. Indonesia and Vietnam pull Pusa Sawani okra. Russia and Kazakhstan take Dutch tomato F1 lines for protected cultivation.
Key varieties to know
Onion: Agrifound Light Red, Pusa Madhavi, Bhima Super, Nasik Red 53, Granex 55, Tana F1. Okra: Pusa Sawani, Arka Anamika, Parbhani Kranti. Tomato: Pusa Ruby, Arka Saurabh, Roma plus Dutch F1 hybrids. Each carries an ISTA card and phytosanitary certificate per lot.
Logistics overview
Vegetable seed ships from Jebel Ali in foil pouches and cartons under FOB, CFR or CIF terms. Lead time runs 10 to 18 days from PO confirmation. LCL is the default for starter volumes; FCL kicks in once the buyer programs a full Pusa or Bhima book.
Quality assurance protocol
Every lot ships with an ISTA Certificate of Analysis confirming purity at 98% and germination at 80% to 85% minimum by species. Hybrid F1 lines carry breeder lot references. Phytosanitary certificate and Certificate of Origin issue from the Dubai Chamber on the day of vessel loading.
Sourcing mix and origin discipline
India anchors Pusa, Arka, Bhima and Parbhani output through ICAR-linked breeder stock. Netherlands carries the Dutch F1 hybrid book on tomato and onion. China, Korea and Egypt back-fill on F1 onion. Pakistan and Sri Lanka supply okra at competitive freight into the Gulf and East Africa.
Pricing tiers — F1 hybrid versus open-pollinated
Hybrid F1 onion seed prices roughly 5 to 15 times above OP per kilogram, reflecting the cost of controlled hybridization in two parent lines. F1 tomato carries a similar multiple. Pusa, Arka, Bhima OP lines cover the volume retail-pack book. Buyer choice of F1 versus OP turns on field uniformity and bulb-size targets.
Buyer profiles we serve
Nigerian and Kenyan onion seed packers buy 5 kg starter in foil pouches, scaling to FCL once a single SKU clears. Iraqi and Egyptian commercial growers buy okra in 25 kg cartons. Russian protected-cultivation operators buy Dutch tomato F1 in 100 g foil pouches. Indian wholesale houses re-export Pusa and Arka regionally.
Sample-first policy on vegetable seed
Sample handling is stricter on vegetable seed because germination and lot reference matter to the grower. We courier a 100 g foil pouch with the ISTA card on every new SKU. Buyer or third-party germination testing runs in parallel against the production schedule. Approved samples credit against the first commercial PO.