Four Seasons of Learning and Engaging Smallholder Farmers - icrisat
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• Designing, testing <strong>and</strong> implementing diffusion, marketing <strong>and</strong> institutional arrangements to enhance<br />
seed delivery (tailored to various client needs);<br />
• Enhancing local capacity to produce, deliver, store <strong>and</strong> market seed; <strong>and</strong><br />
• Enhancing local-level awareness <strong>of</strong> released varieties (dem<strong>and</strong> creation).<br />
Locations <strong>and</strong> partners<br />
The target locations selected for chickpea activities in India included two districts (Kurnool <strong>and</strong><br />
Prakasam) <strong>of</strong> Andhra Pradesh <strong>and</strong> two districts (Dharwad <strong>and</strong> Gulbarga districts) <strong>of</strong> Karnataka states<br />
in southern India. All activities were carried out in partnership with NARES in target locations. The<br />
following were the key project partners:<br />
• ICRISAT, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh;<br />
• Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh;<br />
• University <strong>of</strong> Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (UAS-D), Karnataka;<br />
• University <strong>of</strong> Agricultural Sciences, Raichur (UAS-R), Karnataka;<br />
• National Seed Corporation (NSC);<br />
• State Farms Corporation <strong>of</strong> India Limited (SFCI);<br />
• Andhra Pradesh State Seed Development Corporation (APSSDC); <strong>and</strong><br />
• Karnataka State Seed Corporation (KSSC).<br />
The following key scientists were involved in project activities from the partner institutes:<br />
ICRISAT<br />
Objective 1<br />
Objective 5 <strong>and</strong> 8.5<br />
MCS Bantilan, P Parthasarathy Rao, GD Nageswara Rao <strong>and</strong><br />
R Padmaja<br />
Pooran Gaur, CLL Gowda, ShaileshTripathi(up to April 2010), Arvaind<br />
Jukanti (from May 2010) Suresh P<strong>and</strong>e, HC Sharma, Vincent Vadez, L<br />
Krishnamurthy, GV Ranga Rao, <strong>and</strong> Rajeev Varshney<br />
NARS Partners<br />
State Objective Districts/<br />
Townships<br />
Andhra<br />
Pradesh (AP)<br />
Karnataka<br />
(KA)<br />
Objective 1<br />
Objective 5<br />
<strong>and</strong> 8.5<br />
Objective 1<br />
Objective 5<br />
<strong>and</strong> 8.5<br />
Kurnool &<br />
Prakasam<br />
Kurnool<br />
Prakasam<br />
Gulbarga &<br />
Dharwad<br />
Gulbarga<br />
Dharwad<br />
Scientists<br />
Dr. K Suhasini (ANGRAU, Hyderabad),<br />
V Jayalakshmi (RARS-N<strong>and</strong>yal, Kurnool),<br />
A Trivikrama Reddy (RARS-N<strong>and</strong>yal, Kurnool) &<br />
P Muniratnam (RARS-N<strong>and</strong>yal, Kurnool)<br />
Y Satish (ARS-Darsi) &<br />
Y Koteshwar Rao (RARS-Lam)<br />
Dr. G N Kulkarni (UAS, Dharwad), Dr. V R Kiresur<br />
(UAS, Dharwad)<br />
DM Mannur (ARS-Gulbarga)<br />
PM Salimath (UAS-Dharwad)<br />
RARS=Regional Agricultural Research Station; ARS=Agricultural Research Station; UAS=University <strong>of</strong> Agricultural Sciences<br />
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