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Seed System Innovations in the Semi-Arid Tropics of Andhra Pradesh

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Title Seed System Innovations in the Semi-Arid Tropics of Andhra Pradesh
 
Creator Ravinder Reddy, Ch
Tonapi, V A
Bezkorowajnyj, P G
Navi, S S
Seetharama, N
 
Subject Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description An effective seed supply system is necessary to make good quality seed available
to farmers at the right time and at low cost. Given the critical role played by
improved varieties in increasing production of grain and quantity and quality
of stover for livestock fodder in conventional cropping systems, agriculture
decision-makers have the challenge of developing an integrated and cost-

effective seed system that is capable of generating and delivering improved
seed varieties to farmers. Such a system would be an important step toward
ensuring seed security and enhancing livelihoods, particularly of dryland
farmers.
Issues related to seed multiplication and delivery systems in India are discussed in this
publication. The book outlines the development of the seed industry in India and
highlights the changes made to seed policies over the years. It records the experience
from an attempt to improve the local seed systems in four dryland agricultural districts

that are typically representative of the semi-arid areas of Andhra Pradesh state. Using
specific seed delivery models, it presents ways of strengthening seed systems to address
the needs and vulnerabilities of smallholder farmers including those associated with
livestock and fodder security in these areas.
This book is not an all-encompassing summary of the seed systems in Andhra Pradesh,
nor does it try to provide magical solutions to constraints encountered by poor farmers.

It does, however, attempt to illustrate alternative approaches to strengthen the seed
systems by employing new approaches aswell as implementing tested approaches in
new ways constituting innovation. Given the ever rapid changes taking place in the
technological, socioeconomic and policy environments, understanding some of the
processes and mechanisms involved in these changes as has been presented in this
document will help in continuous development of an appropriate seed system and
contribute to enhancing the livelihoods of poor farmers in the semi-arid areas of India.
 
Publisher International Crop Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics
 
Date 2007
 
Type Monograph
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/1967/1/Seed_systems_Innovation_224pp.pdf
Ravinder Reddy, Ch and Tonapi, V A and Bezkorowajnyj, P G and Navi, S S and Seetharama, N (2007) Seed System Innovations in the Semi-Arid Tropics of Andhra Pradesh. Monograph. International Crop Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics , Hyderapad.