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8. CONCLUSIONSThe seed supply scenario as investigated in the present study for cereal crop production inBangladesh gives us three contrasting pictures. For wheat seed, where only the OpenPollinated (OP) varieties are prevailing in the country, 50 -60% of the required seed aresupplied by the farmers` own source as their homegrown seeds, which are actually the ‘seed’saved from their commercial cultivation. The rest of wheat seed are supplied from the publicand private seed sectors such as Foundation Seed, Certified Seed or TLS. On the other hand,the rice crops comprise both hybrid and OP seeds and the hybrid rice covers only about 3% ofthe area, the seeds of which are entirely coming from public and private sectors includingseveral seed companies. Of the OP rice seeds, 70-80% of the seed supplies are mitigated fromfarmers’ homegrown seed that is coming from general cultivation. As maize cultivation hascurrently switched over to hybrid varieties, almost cent percent of the maize seed are comingfrom the out-suppliers (private and public sectors) and most of the maize seeds are ofexogenous origin. Therefore, the major portion of the seed of rice and wheat that is comingfrom farmers’ own supply is not superior in quality in terms of genetic, physical andphysiological quality, which is confirmed by the present study. But since the private and publicsectors in the country are not well organized in terms of infrastructure and organizational setupto supply and meet up the large volume of seed required for the whole production system,the present system of farmers’ homegrown seed should be allowed to continue. The only thingthat could be done is to improve the farmers’ homegrown seed in whatever way it is possible.Thus, a few steps may be suggested towards improvement of seed quality of farmers’homegrown seeds during the production, processing and storage phases so that the farmers’seed quality status of may be improved or assured as far as practicable. The present studygenerates a number of key findings followed by necessary policy recommendations towardsquality improvement for seed production at farmers’ level.110
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSAll praises are due to Almighty Allah, who enabled the author to complete the project activities rightly,and to prepare & submit this report to the FAO Representation in Bangladesh.The financial grant received from the National Food Policy Capacity Strengthening Programme(NFPCSP) as aided by the support of EU, USAID, FAO and Bangladesh Government is gratefullyacknowledged, because without this fund allocation it would not be possible to conduct this piece ofresearch work. Sincere thanks and appreciation are, therefore, extended to Mr. Ad Spijkers, FAORepresentative in Bangladesh and Mr. Firollo Ciro, Chief Technical Advisor, CFPCSP for theirgenerous cooperation in carrying out this study.The FAO members of Bangladesh strictly monitored the research activities from the beginning to theend of the project period. As Technical Assistance Team Members (TAT), Dr. Natalie Bouche(Economist) and Professor Dr. Shaikh Abdus Sabur are greatly acknowledged for monitoring andexecution of the programme. Dr. Lalita Bhattacharjee (Nutritionist) later joined the team when Dr.Bouche left Bangladesh and special thanks and gratefulness are extended to Dr. Battacharjee for hertechnical suggestions as offered in the review meetings as well as for her comments made on the DraftReport.Professor Dr. Rezaul Karim Talukder (Physical and Social Advisor), who took keen interest on thetheme of the project on seed quality study, is gratefully remembered for his constructive criticismspassed in the review meetings.Very special thanks and appreciation are given to Dr. Nur Ahmed Khondaker, Research GrantAdministrator, NFPCSP for his nice commitment to keep research work on track by serving numerousmessages from time to time and technical advice as well.The project was implemented with the active collaboration of the Department of Agronomy,Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh. Heartiest thanks are due to Professor Dr.Muhammad Abdus Samamad, Head of the Department of Agronomy, for his kind cooperation.Appreciation is given to the teachers of the Department of Agronomy, who were frequently consultedfor fulfilling the research objectives of the project and worth mentioning of them are: Professor Dr.Masood Ahmed, Professor Dr. Md. Sultan Uddin Bhuiya and Professor Dr. Md. Abdur Rahman Sarkar.It would be worth to mention the encouragement and technical incentive received from the Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh while conducting the research and inparticular of his highlighting the importance of the work on seed quality during the project completionworkshop held at Bangladesh Agricultural University.Dr. Najrul IslamProfessor, Department of AgronomyBangladesh Agricultural University, MymensinghAnd111
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYSTUDIES ON POLICY
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TABLE OF CONTENTSExecutive SummaryL
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTD.)ChapterPa
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LIST OF TABLESName of the TablesPag
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LIST OF TABLES (CONTD.)Name of the
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LIST OF ANNEXESName of the AnnexesP
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STUDIES ON POLICY OPTION FOR QUALIT
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1.2 Expected outputs of the studyi)
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selected upazilas, the team selecte
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2.10 Preparation and pre-tested of
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3. REVIEW OF LITERATUREThe availabi
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different storage containers ranged
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3.1.3 Maize SeedResearch works on m
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governments’ seed suppliers. As a
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findings that the farming community
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Table 4.1.5 Linkage of the family m
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different hybrid varieties of rice
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large farmers had used all types of
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4.1.15 Seed classes used by the ric
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BADC10%Others Farmers5%DAE5%Self80%
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Similarly, farmers’ own seed and
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4.1.25 Drying method used by the ri
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But these types of storage containe
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4.1.34 Production cost and profitab
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Table 4.1.35 Rice seed production c
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4.1.38 Constraints to rice seed pro
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Table 4.2.2 Major occupation of whe
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4.2.5 Sources of technological supp
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Table 4.2.5 Services received from
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Table 4.2.8 Percent of the farmers
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Table 4.2.11 Farmers’ opinion abo
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