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Public-private partnership and impact of ICRISAT’s pearl millet hybrid parents research

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Title Public-private partnership and impact of ICRISAT’s pearl millet hybrid parents research
 
Creator Mula, R P
Rai, K N
Kulkarni, V N
Singh, A K
 
Subject Millets
 
Description Genetic improvement of pearl millet (Pennisetum
glaucum) at the International Crops Research for the
Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) initially had greater
emphasis on population improvement and development
of open-pollinated varieties (OPVs) compared to hybrids
and hybrid parents development. By late 1990s, a
significant decline in OPV development occurred in the
Institute’s research program in the Asia region (Rai et al.
2006), where India accounts for more than 90% of total
pearl millet area (10.5 million ha) in the region. Greater
emphasis was placed on hybrid parents development to
align the research focus of the institute with the regional
priority of the national agricultural research systems
(NARS) and the rapidly expanding private seed sector. A
stronger interaction with the Indian NARS, largely under
the umbrella of ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural
Research)-ICRISAT Research Partnership was formulated.
The interaction with the private seed sector remained
informal and passive, although it continued to derive
immense economic benefits from ICRISAT’s research
products. With a view primarily to engage the private
sector in more active partnership to hasten the pace and
scale of impact, and to generate research fund to provide
partial support to pearl millet improvement research at
ICRISAT, a consortium model was conceptualized as the
most appropriate among various partnership models,
which became effective in 2000 (Gowda et al. 2003).
This paper presents the evolution of this consortium, and
examines the impact of ICRISAT’s research in terms of
strengthening the research programs of ICRISAT, NARS
and the private sector, on-farm hybrid cultivar diversity,
and increasing participation of the private sector in the
documentation of achievements of research and
development activities.
 
Date 2007
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/2661/1/public-private.pdf
Mula, R P and Rai, K N and Kulkarni, V N and Singh, A K (2007) Public-private partnership and impact of ICRISAT’s pearl millet hybrid parents research. Journal of SAT Agricultural Research, 5 (1). pp. 1-5.