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Pigeonpea seed systems in Asia

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Title Pigeonpea seed systems in Asia
 
Creator Mula, M G
Sameer Kumar, C V
Ravinder Reddy, CH
Monyo, E
Saxena, R K
Varshney, R K
 
Subject Pigeonpea
 
Description Pigeonpea seed systems consist of
the formal and informal seed sector.
However, the informal seed sector
dominates the seed production system.
Majority of rainfed farmers who grow
pigeonpea (about 80% - 90%) save a part of
their produce as seed requirement. In the
formal seed sector, government agencies and
private companies are involved in
production and distribution of quality seeds
of improved varieties and hybrids. Role of
private sector diffusion in pigeonpea market
is not encouraging owing to lack of
commercial perspective in the crop and
other factors. The integrated approach that
takes into cognizance the formal and
informal seed sector in breeding, seed
production and distribution has shown to
have promising potential for improving seed
supply to smallholder farmers. Moreover,
any seed system, for that matter, requires a
regulatory framework as well as a seed policy
that considers regulations of an expanding
and diversifying seed sector for the benefit
of the farmers engaged in the seed
production system.
 
Publisher International Legume Society (ILS)
 
Date 2016-01
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/9258/1/Legume%20Perspectives%2044%20-%2045.pdf
Mula, M G and Sameer Kumar, C V and Ravinder Reddy, CH and Monyo, E and Saxena, R K and Varshney, R K (2016) Pigeonpea seed systems in Asia. Legume Perspectives (11). pp. 44-45. ISSN 2340-1559