In this episode of All Things Policy, Aditi Palo and Shambhavi Naik explore the untapped potential of seaweed cultivation in India’s Blue Bioeconomy. While recent enabling statutory reforms and marine biotechnology policies in Karnataka and Gujarat mark a significant shift toward high-value biomanufacturing, critical bottlenecks remain. The policies currently fail to resolve the sector’s core issues: a lack of comprehensive ocean resource mapping, the absence of secure, bankable property rights for farmers, and an industrial setup for value addition to seaweed. Aditi and Shambhavi discuss how Takshashila’s proposed Seaweed Ocean Lease (SOL) framework offers a viable institutional solution to drive seaweed cultivation growth further.
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