Four Seasons of Learning and Engaging Smallholder Farmers - icrisat

Table 2-5: Performance of varieties in PVS trials conducted during 2009 rainy season in Chitradurga, Tumkur,
and Chikballpur districts of Karnataka (two mother trials and 10 Baby trials were conducted conducted at each
village, total 144 trials).
Varieties Average pod yield (kg per ha) Oil
content
average
(%)
Marur
Jangamarahalli
Hosahalli
Hareyabbi
G.Gollarahatti
Gulya
Chintamani-2 1593 1650 1421 1568 1593 1535 1600 1658 1650 1633 1544 1674 1593 53.7
R-2001-2 1699 1691 1503 1666 1698 1405 1633 1764 1682 1600 1650 1789 1648 49.7
ICGV – 00350 1356 1184 1282 1282 1209 1300 1323 1453 1307 1430 1200 1560 1324 53.9
ICGV – 04096 1747 1664 1764 1690 1756 1886 1796 1895 1764 1870 1634 2017 1790 54.4
ICGV- 91114 1397 1502 1363 1372 1552 1487 1511 1642 1470 1502 1445 1641 1490 48.2
TMV-2 1103 1119 988 1118 1242 1102 1274 1323 1200 1201 1176 1315 1180 51.3
Hire halli
Chikkahalli
Rudrammanahalli
KondlaHalli
Nerlahalli
Marammanahalli
Average
SEM +1.13
CD 2.62
CV 17.90
In eight villages of Bagalkot district, 34 mother and baby trials were conducted in 2008 with a set of
eight chosen varieties (Table 2-7). In 2009, a set of 20 mother and baby trials were conducted in six
villages from the identified five varieties (Table 2-8). In 2010, a total of 192 paired comparisons with the
identified variety ICGV 00350 and locally preferred variety TMV 2 were conducted (Table 2-9).
In Raichur district, 54 mother and baby trials were conducted with nine chosen varieties in 2008,
from which six were selected for the next season testing and in 2009 (Table 2-10). Based on these two
entries, ICGV 00350 and R-2001-2 were identified for paired comparisons in 2010. A total of 255
paired comparisons were conducted in 17 villages (Table 2-11).
Multi-location testing: Nine varieties were identified through PVS from the two states. These varieties
were multiplied and entered into multi-location testing at state and national levels. This testing is a
prerequisite for official release of the varieties. They are now in different states of release and prerelease
at state and national levels as indicated in Table 2-12.
Awareness about varieties: In both the states where the project is implemented, over 5,000 farmers
were made aware of improved varieties by directly reaching them either through PVS and comparison
trials (1,857 farmers) or through farmers’ visits to these trial plots on field days. A total of 87 field days
on farmers’ fields were conducted in which 5,456 farmers have participated.
In Tamil Nadu, over 6,000 farmers were made aware of improved groundnut varieties. One thousand
thirty eight farmers were made aware as participant of PVS and paired comparisons and another 871
farmers were made aware of improved varieties through 18 field days conducted in farmers’ fields. In
addition, 5,531 farmers were reached through state and regional farmers’ fairs (Table 2-13).
In five districts of Karnataka over 5,000 farmers were directly reached and made aware of improved
varieties; 819 farmers were reached through participation in the PVS and paired comparisons and
another 4,585 farmers from the nearby villages visited the farmers plots where improved varieties were
cultivated during 69 field days conducted over three years.
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