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ICRISAT Pigeonpea Seed Production and
Delivery Strategy in ESA & South Asia
(Objective 8.0) Annual Review & Planning Meeting, Bamako, Mali.
November 18, 2009
Project Locations
Country Regions/Districts NARS partners
Malawi Southern & central Malawi • Malawi Department of Agricultural Research Services • Chitedze Agricultural Research Station
Tanzania Babati, Karatu • SARI, Arusha • IARI, Ilonga • Tanzania Agric Seed Agency
& Dept of Research and Training
India Maharashtra • PDKV Akola • KVK Washim • KVK Durgapur
Andhra Pradesh • ANGRAU • Adarsh Rythu
Major Activities • Improving availability of quality seed
• Designing, testing and implementing seed production programs
• Designing, testing and implementing seed marketing and diffusion systems
• Enhanced local capacity to produce deliver, store and market seed
• Enhanced local level awareness of available varieties
Major outputs
Methodologies used
Farmer preferred varieties
Participatory variety sel. (M/B trials)
Farmer friendly literature
Vernacular approach
Seed Production Seed village concept, contract farming
Policy briefs Information document Capacity building
Decentralized approach
Seed distribution Small packets
Pigeonpea seed supply systems
-own saved seed; -purchase; -gifts from family and friends; -farmer-to-farmer seed exchanges
State: Andhra Pradesh District No. of
villages Varieties No. of
Mother Trials
No. of Baby Trials
Ranga Reddy 10 Asha, PRG 158, Lakshmi
2 8
Mahboobnagar 10 Asha, PRG 158, Lakshmi
2 8
State: Maharashtra Akola 12 AKT 8811, Trombay
Tur, ICPH 2671* 3 9
Washim 12 AKT 8811, Trombay Tur, ICPH 2671*
3 9
* Yet to be released
Crop: Pigeonpea
FPVS- Asia
FPVS- ESA
Country PVS Farmers participated
Genotypes
Tanzania 49 1554 ICEAPs 00040, 00053, 00936, 00932
Malawi 48 1335 ICEAPs 00932, 00557*, 01514/15, 01167/11
* Under release process
FPVS Trials, India
Distribution of seed samples of farmer preferred varieties
Crop State FPV No. of samples
distributed
Sample size (kg)
PP A.P. Asha, PRG 158, Maruti and Lakshmi
1057 0.5 – 1.0
Maharashtra BSMR 736, AKT 8811, Asha and Trombay Tur
352 1.0
Total 1409
Seed distributed under revolving seed scheme, Tanzania (2007-09)
District Amount in tons ICEAP 00053 ICEAP 00040
Karatu 0.5 1.4 Kondoa 0.5 1.5 Babati 1.8 1.7 Arumeru 1.0 1.0 Hai 0.04 0.05 Simanjiro 0.04 0.05 Total 3.88 5.7
Public awareness activities in India
Crop State Medium Content Date / Period PP A.P. TV
(4 times) Package of practices for red gram and new improved varieties suitable for A.P.
Oct 2008 – Jul 2009
Print (4 times)
Management practices for late sown pigeonpea, control of pod borer and sterility mosaic
Dec 2008 – Aug 2009
Maharashtra Print (9 times)
Improved varieties of pigeonpea and their production practices
Sep 2008 – Sept 2009
Mass communication Malawi : field day events covered on Malawi
television, Malawi Broadcasting Cooperation, Zodiac Broadcasting Station and The Nation Newspaper
Tanzania :Television, radio broadcasts, and newspaper articles about new varieties
About 950 people visited SARI and saw the p/peas planted on-station
Breeder Seed Infrastructure 250-ton storage godown constructed
Two bore well pumps repaired and boundary wall constructed
Submersible pump installed
853 meter long PVC pipeline laid
Barbed wire fencing
Seed Production in Asia University/ Research
Station
Variety name District
Partner (farmers, on-station, others)
Area (Ha) Amount of seed produced (tonne)
Total (t) BS FS CS TL
ICRISAT
Asha ICRISAT On-station 0.24 0.47 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.47 Maruti ICRISAT On-station 0.20 0.31 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.31 ICPH 2671 ICRISAT On-station 0.72 0.28 0.74 0.00 0.00 1.02 ICPH 2438 ICRISAT On-station 0.41 0.21 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.21 Subtotal 1.57 1.27 0.74 0.00 0.00 2.01
PDKV
C 11 Akola On-station 1.00 0.00 0.27 0.00 0.00 0.27 Asha Akola On-station 4.00 0.00 Vitiated 0.00 0.00 0.00 Maruti Akola On-farm 1.20 0.00 1.37 0.00 0.00 1.37 PKV Trombay Tur Akola On-station 2.00 0.00 1.80 0.00 0.00 1.80 Maruti Akola On-station 2.33 0.00 0.00 2.70 0.00 2.70 BSMR 736 Akola On-station 1.20 0.00 0.00 1.10 0.00 1.10 BSMR 853 Akola On-station 1.40 0.00 0.00 2.70 0.00 2.70 BSMR 736 Akola On-farm 17.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.70 5.70 Maruti Akola On-farm 26.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 9.54 9.54 Maruti Washim On-farm 36.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.18 25.18 Subtotal 92.33 0.00 3.44 6.50 40.42 50.36
ANGRAU
Asha Ranga Reddy On-station 2.00 0.00 2.50 0.00 0.00 2.50 Asha Mahabubnagar On-farm 2.00 0.00 2.50 0.00 0.00 2.50 Asha Ranga Reddy On-farm 12.40 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.10 10.10 PRG 158 Mahabubnagar On-station 3.00 0.00 3.00 0.00 0.00 3.00 PRG 158 Ranga Reddy On-farm 8.60 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.20 5.20 Subtotal 28.00 0.00 8.00 0.00 15.30 23.30 Grand Total 121.90 1.27 12.18 6.50 55.72 75.67
Pigeonpea seed produced in ESA
• Breeder Seed : 6.0 tons
• Foundation Seed(2007-08) : 31 tons by contract growers in Malawi and Tanzania(ICEAPs 00040, 00053 and ICP 9145)
• Foundation seed(2008/09) : Expected production >30 tons from 34.5 ha in Malawi and Tanzania
ICEAP 00040 seed production by Zenobia Seed Company
Policy Briefs
1. pigeonpea-cotton intercrop.
2. Reduction of minimum area to be planted for seed certification.
3. Certification fee.
Training in seed production technology
Crop State District No. of Trainings
No. of participants Men Women Total
PP A.P. Ranga Reddy 5 740 192 832 Mahboobangar 1 90 30 120 Total 6 830 222 952
Maharashtra Akola 10 448 22 470 Washim 5 327 8 335 Total 15 775 30 805
Training • Tanzania: trainings organized on pigeonpea agronomy to 8
farmer groups involved in seed production
• Malawi : 25 Farmer’s field days were conducted in Central and Southern Malawi generated greater awareness on quality seed
Awareness at NANENANE Agricultural show, August 2009
Formal and Informal Linkages
1. PDKV Akola –MSSCL and KVKs at Karda and Durgapura
2. ANGRAU Hyderabad- APSSDC and Adarsh Rythu
3. Village level seed production societies
Information Bulletins- Asia 1. Tur Lagwad Aani Bijotpadan
Tantragyan (Pigeonpea cultivation and seed production technology).
2. Tur Lagwad Tantragyan (Pigeonpea cultivation technology).
3. Kandi Eittanotpattialo Melakuvalu (Pigeonpea seed production technology).
4. Kandi Panta Yajamanya Paddatiulu (Package of practices for pigeonpea).
5. Kandi Samagra Sasyarakshna (IPM technology in pigeonpea).
Farmer Friendly Literature-ESA Malawi • Manual for pigeonpea production in
English & Chichewa published
Tanzania • A draft information bulletin in Kiswahili is
in progress.
• Flyers describing pigeonpea printed in Chichewa and Swahili and distributed to farmers in project sites (>5,000 flyers)
Constraints Faced
1. Insect-aided natural out-crossing/isolation
2. Photo/thermo sensitivity 3. Early season drought,
WL 4. Seed used as grain
Major lessons learnt
• Importance of informal seed system. • Seed production under assured growing conditions • Simplification of certification requirements • Knowledge empowerment of (female) farmers • efficient linkages between formal and informal seed
systems are critical success factors. • Pace of pigeonpea seed dissemination in ESA limited by
limited availability of trained, research and seed technicians
• Registered societies can play a key role in maintaining seed quality standard (especially for TL seeds)
• Training in seed production techniques should be imparted in the field to impart first hand exposure.
Vision for Phase II Hybrid Seed Production
Maintenance breeding (cliesto trait)
Seed Village concept
Emphasis on informal seed system
Strengthening linkages between researchers, seed producers, agro dealers, private large-scale entrepreneurs
Expanded to new potential countries like Kenya and Mozambique