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MANAGEMENT OF MAIZE SEED VALUE CHAIN IN KARIMNAGAR DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

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Title MANAGEMENT OF MAIZE SEED VALUE CHAIN IN KARIMNAGAR DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
 
Creator DAMODAR REDDY, P
 
Contributor REDDY, G.P.
 
Subject sowing, maize, costs, productivity, hybrids, area, marketing, seed production, markets, tillage equipment
 
Description Maize is a versatile crop grown in majority of countries in the world. Among the
food cereal crops, maize has the highest genetic potential, production and productivity.
Thus it is called Cereal Queen. Present study on the management of maize seed value
chain in Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh focused on 1. Compound growth rates
of area, production and productivity of OPVs and hybrids in the study area. 2. Maize
seed supply and value chains and their performance. 3. Assessing the performance of
OPVs and hybrids at farm level. This study helps the policy makers to know the
loopholes in the maize seed value chain and also encourage the seed companies to
follow best practices in maize seed value chain.
Secondary data on trends in area, production and productivity (hybrids and
OPVs) in Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh was collected for a period of ten years
from 2001-02 to 2010-11 from which compound growth rates were calculated and it
revealed that growth rates of area, production and productivity was not significant, so
we used Compound Interest Rate (Two point method) for calculating growth rates. The
growth rate for area was 0.19, for production it was 2.34 and for productivity it was
2.12. Primary data was collected from 60 seed growers and 60 commercial cultivation
farmers of maize were randomly chosen and interviewed. Maize seed traders, dealers,
distributors, processors and production institutes like private seed company and maize
research center of ANGRAU were also interviewed to analyze maize seed supply and
value chains and performance of maize hybrids and OPVs at farm level. The analysis
revealed that in the whole process of maize seed supply chain selection of organizer is
important task whereas, cob drying and marketing costs are the major costs incurred to
the company. In private seed value chain selling price of seed was high (Rs. 162/kg) due
to more intermediaries whereas, in maize research center (ANGRAU) value chain
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selling price of seed was low (Rs. 130/kg) due to absence of intermediaries. Major
challenges in these value chains are high prices of inputs, synchronization of varieties,
high storage, transportation cost and high distributor and dealer margins. Per acre cost
of cultivation of maize hybrids (Rs.24788.69) and OPVs (Rs.14859) showed breakup of
total costs into operational cost (70%) and fixed cost (30%) in the same trend, the major
cost accounted in both hybrids and OPVs cultivation was labour. The costs A1, B and C
are very high for hybrids than OPVs but cost share of them follows same trend. Per acre
yield (35q) and gross returns (Rs. 36750) of hybrids were high compared to yield (19q)
and gross returns (Rs.19950) of OPVs due to high yielding hybrid seeds, resistant to
pests, diseases and lodging. Net returns (Rs.12186.31) and B-C (1.48) ratio were high
for hybrids compared to net returns (Rs.5316) and B-C ratio (1.34) of OPVs because of
high gross returns of hybrids. Major problems encountered by maize commercial
cultivation farmers are marketing, storage cost, low MSP, no buy back, input supply and
no compensation.
Good co-ordination and communication is required among actors in value chain.
Institutions and government agencies should frame policies to reduce intermediates,
provide more input subsidies and increase MSP to encourage farmers. Usage of good
hybrids and following good management practices reduces cost of cultivation and
increase gross returns lead to high B-C ratio.
 
Date 2016-06-23T09:54:26Z
2016-06-23T09:54:26Z
2012
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/67780
 
Language en
 
Relation D9145;
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher ACHARYA N.G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY