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LIST OF TABLES (CONTD.)Name of the TablesPageTable 4.2.33 Profitability of seed storage <strong>and</strong> marketing <strong>for</strong> 180 kg of wheat in Dinajpur, 762008Table 4.2.34 C<strong>on</strong>straints to producti<strong>on</strong> of wheat seed in Rajshahi <strong>and</strong> Rangpur sites 78Table 4.2.35 C<strong>on</strong>strains to wheat grain/seed producti<strong>on</strong> in Dinajpur 78Table 4.2.36 <strong>Seed</strong> quality of farmers’ homegrown wheat seed at the study areas 80Table 4.2.37 Year wise wheat seed requirement <strong>and</strong> supply by BADC 81MAIZETable 4.3.1 Socio-ec<strong>on</strong>omic scenarios of maize farmers in the study areas 82Table 4.3.2 Major occupati<strong>on</strong> of maize farmers in the study areas 83Table 4.3.3 Average family <strong>and</strong> farm size of maize farmers in the study areas 84Table 4.3.4 Time line of maize cultivati<strong>on</strong> in the study areas 85Table 4.3.5 Preferred sources of in<strong>for</strong>mati<strong>on</strong> to framers in the study areas 86Table 4.3.6 Services received by the sample farmers from different organizati<strong>on</strong>s 88Table 4.3.7 Major cropping patterns followed by the maize farmers in the study areas 89Table 4.3.8 Percent of farmers using different varieties of maize in the study areas (2008-09) 89Table 4.3.9 Matrix ranking of maize varieties in Kasidunga village of Dinajpur 91Table 4.3.10 Matrix ranking of different maize varieties in Kishoreg<strong>on</strong>j 91Table 4.3.11 Farmers’ opini<strong>on</strong> about the quality seeds of maize in the study areas 92Table 4.3.12 Sources of seeds used by the maize farmers in the study areas 92Table 4.3.13 Percent of farmers using fertilizers <strong>for</strong> maize cultivati<strong>on</strong> in the study areas 93(2008-09)Table 4.3.14 <strong>Seed</strong> <strong>and</strong> fertilizers applicati<strong>on</strong> rate <strong>for</strong> maize in the study areas (2008-09) 94Table 4.3.15 Grain yield of maize in the study areas (2009) 94Table 4.3.16 Estimated coefficients <strong>and</strong> their statistics of producti<strong>on</strong> functi<strong>on</strong>95<strong>for</strong> maize grain cultivati<strong>on</strong> in Dinajpur, 2009Table 4.3.17 Men, women <strong>and</strong> children’s participati<strong>on</strong> in maize producti<strong>on</strong> 95Table 4.3.18 Ec<strong>on</strong>omic per<strong>for</strong>mance of maize producti<strong>on</strong> in Dinajpur 97Table 4.3.19 Maize grain producti<strong>on</strong> cost <strong>and</strong> profitability in the study areas (2009) 98Table 4.3.20 Yield losses from using F 2 maize seed at the farmers’ field in Kishoreg<strong>on</strong>j 99Table 4.3.21 Problems, their causes <strong>and</strong> probable soluti<strong>on</strong>s of maize cultivati<strong>on</strong> in Dinajpur 100Table 4.3.22 C<strong>on</strong>straints to maize cultivati<strong>on</strong> in Kishoreg<strong>on</strong>j 100Table 4.3.23 Projected maize seed supply by BADC during 2009-10 to 2014-15 101SEED DEALERTable 4.4.1 Business experience of seed dealers in the study areas 101Table 4.4.2 Technological advice given to the farmers by the seed dealers 102Table 4.4.3 <strong>Seed</strong> suppliers <strong>for</strong> the seed dealers in the study areas 102Table 4.4.4 <strong>Seed</strong>s of cereal crops sold by the dealers in the study areas (2008-09) 102Table 4.4.5 <strong>Seed</strong> purchase <strong>and</strong> sale prices <strong>for</strong> the dealer (2008-09) 103TRAININGTable 6.1 Proposed training programme <strong>for</strong> the seed growing farmers’ family <strong>and</strong> other 109stakeholdersxi

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