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Four Seasons of Learning and Engaging Smallholder Farmers - icrisat

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Seed Production <strong>and</strong> Delivery Systems........................................................................................................................................... 169<br />

Breeder seed <strong>and</strong> other classes <strong>of</strong> seed produced by research partners........................................................................................ 169<br />

Foundation <strong>and</strong> Certified Seed produced by public seed corporations............................................................................................ 170<br />

Seed samples distributed to farmers................................................................................................................................................ 171<br />

Capacity building.............................................................................................................................................................................. 172<br />

Key lessons learned......................................................................................................................................................................... 175<br />

Enhancing Chickpea Productivity <strong>and</strong> Production in Eastern <strong>and</strong> Southern Africa.................................177<br />

Summary .................................................................................................................................................................................. 177<br />

Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................. 178<br />

Locations <strong>and</strong> partners .................................................................................................................................................................... 179<br />

Socio-Economics/Targeting.............................................................................................................................................................. 179<br />

Cropping pattern............................................................................................................................................................................... 179<br />

Crop yields .................................................................................................................................................................................. 179<br />

Use <strong>of</strong> manure <strong>and</strong> fertilizers........................................................................................................................................................... 179<br />

Chickpea seed access..................................................................................................................................................................... 180<br />

Use <strong>of</strong> purchased seed <strong>and</strong> other inputs.......................................................................................................................................... 180<br />

Chickpea utilization.......................................................................................................................................................................... 180<br />

Crop-livestock interactions............................................................................................................................................................... 180<br />

Preferred traits for chickpea............................................................................................................................................................. 180<br />

Production pattern <strong>and</strong> productivity.................................................................................................................................................. 180<br />

Net-return <strong>of</strong> chickpea...................................................................................................................................................................... 181<br />

Constraints to chickpea production <strong>and</strong> marketing in Ethiopia......................................................................................................... 181<br />

Post-harvest h<strong>and</strong>ling <strong>and</strong> consumption.......................................................................................................................................... 181<br />

Chickpea marketing.......................................................................................................................................................................... 181<br />

Chickpea price trend in Ethiopia....................................................................................................................................................... 181<br />

Gender aspect <strong>of</strong> chickpea production <strong>and</strong> marketing..................................................................................................................... 182<br />

Sources <strong>of</strong> information, chickpea variety preference <strong>and</strong> adoption.................................................................................................. 182<br />

Fast-Tracking, Development, <strong>and</strong> Release <strong>of</strong> Varieties................................................................................................................... 182<br />

Variety development......................................................................................................................................................................... 182<br />

Variety release .................................................................................................................................................................................. 183<br />

Identification <strong>of</strong> farmer- <strong>and</strong> market-preferred chickpea varieties.................................................................................................... 183<br />

Seed Systems <strong>and</strong> Enhancing Adoption <strong>of</strong> Improved Varieties........................................................................................................ 184<br />

Seed Production <strong>and</strong> Delivery Systems........................................................................................................................................... 185<br />

Capacity Building.............................................................................................................................................................................. 186<br />

Training <strong>of</strong> farmers........................................................................................................................................................................... 186<br />

Field days, farmers’ fairs.................................................................................................................................................................. 186<br />

Awareness activities ........................................................................................................................................................................ 186<br />

Training <strong>of</strong> extension personnel....................................................................................................................................................... 186<br />

Training <strong>of</strong> scientists <strong>and</strong> research technicians................................................................................................................................ 187<br />

Development <strong>of</strong> infrastructure facilities............................................................................................................................................ 187<br />

Degree students............................................................................................................................................................................... 188<br />

Lessons learned............................................................................................................................................................................... 188<br />

General (all countries) ..................................................................................................................................................................... 188<br />

Country-specific................................................................................................................................................................................ 189<br />

Vision for second phase................................................................................................................................................................... 189<br />

Pigeonpea Breeding <strong>and</strong> Seed Systems in India....................................................................................191<br />

Breeding .................................................................................................................................................................................. 191<br />

Summary .................................................................................................................................................................................. 191<br />

PVS trials .................................................................................................................................................................................. 191<br />

Mother trials .................................................................................................................................................................................. 191<br />

Baby trials .................................................................................................................................................................................. 193<br />

Screening breeding lines against drought........................................................................................................................................ 193<br />

Seed Production <strong>and</strong> Delivery Systems........................................................................................................................................... 193<br />

Summary .................................................................................................................................................................................. 193<br />

Performance <strong>of</strong> pigeonpea hybrids.................................................................................................................................................. 197<br />

Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................. 197<br />

Seed Systems in India...................................................................................................................................................................... 198<br />

The approach .................................................................................................................................................................................. 199<br />

Infrastructure <strong>and</strong> equipment........................................................................................................................................................... 199<br />

Production <strong>of</strong> Breeder, Foundation, Certified <strong>and</strong> Truthfully Labeled Seed..................................................................................... 200<br />

Alternative seed systems model....................................................................................................................................................... 200<br />

Constraints <strong>and</strong> opportunities........................................................................................................................................................... 201<br />

Formal <strong>and</strong> informal seed sector linkages........................................................................................................................................ 201<br />

Transaction costs in seed marketing................................................................................................................................................ 201<br />

Promotion <strong>and</strong> formal recognition <strong>of</strong> informal seed sector............................................................................................................... 201<br />

Capacity building.............................................................................................................................................................................. 202<br />

Progress <strong>of</strong> Phase 1<br />

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