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This study was financed under the Research Grants Scheme (RGS) of the National FoodPolicy Capacity Strengthening Programme (NFPCSP). The purpose of the RGS was toassist in improving research and dialogue within civil society so as to inform and enrichthe implementation of the National Food Policy. The NFPCSP is being implemented bythe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the FoodPlanning and Monitoring Unit (FPMU), Ministry of Food and Disaster Management withthe financial support of EU and USAID.The designation and presentation of material in this publication do not imply theexpression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of FAO nor of the NFPCSP,Government of Bangladesh, EU or USAID and reflects the sole opinions and views of theauthors who are fully responsible for the contents, findings and recommendations of thisreport.ii
EXECUTIVE SUMMARYSTUDIES ON POLICY OPTION FOR QUALITY SEED PRODUCTION ANDPRESERVATION OF CEREAL CROPS AT FARMERS’ LEVEL FOR THEIMPROVEMENT OF FOOD SECURITYSeed is the foundation of agriculture for enhancing crop production. But the availability of qualityseed is the main constraint to crop production in Bangladesh. The use of quality seed can contributesignificantly to increase grain yield as well as to increase the availability of every day’s food intake.The production of quality seed is thus very important and that’s why the government has recentlygiven the seed sector a `Topmost Priority’ status. Therefore, the main objective of this project is toinvestigate the constraints related to availability of quality seeds for production of cereal crops, assesspost harvest losses and determine the quality of farmers’ homegrown seeds and develop policyoptions for quality seed production at farmers’ level for increasing crop yield and production towardsattaining food security.The present study was involved with three major cereal crops viz., rice, wheat and maize. The studylocations were Rajshahi, Rangpur and Jessore (for rice); Rajshahi, Dinajpur and Rangpur (for wheat);and Rajshahi, Dinajpur and Kishoregonj (for maize). In this regard, three categories of sample farmersviz., large (la nd occupation of ≥5.01 ac), medium ( 2.01-5.00 ac) and small (0.51 -2.00 ac) wererandomly selected for formal survey. Data were collected through PRA, FGD, personal interview anddifferent types of survey questionnaires. Besides, the farmers’ homegrown seed of rice and wheatwere collected and analyzed in the laboratory for determining seed quality. It is mentioned that asalmost all the farmers use hybrid seed for maize production in the survey area, the seed quality ofmaize was not determined thereof. The collected data were compiled and analyzed through theappropriate computer software for report writing.The results revealed that the farmers all over the study locations use 70-80% of rice seed, and 50-60%of the wheat seed from their homegrown grain crops. The major outer-suppliers of rice (20-30%) andwheat (40 -50%) seeds to farmers are BADC, DAE, Seed Dealers, NGOs etc. On the other hand,almost all the farmers fully depend on Seed Dealer/Seed Company as the sources of their hybridmaize seeds. The farmers’ homegrown rice and wheat seeds had low yielding ability compared to theseeds provided by BADC/Research organizations (increase on average 22.0% and 23.5% of rice andwheat yields, respectively compared to homegrown seed). Farmers sometimes receive TruthfullyLabeled Seed (TLS) from the seed dealers and seed companies. But the realiability of the TLS is oftensubject to question and farmers are sometimes deceived by using TLS as some sort of ill practice arereported to be there.The farmers traditionally use Katcha floors for grain/seed drying (80% and 66% for rice and wheat,respectively), as they don’t have Pucca floors; but the moisture content of cereal seeds cannot beattained below 12% by using the Katcha floor, because the seeds during the drying process absorbiii
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Page 45 and 46: BADC10%Others Farmers5%DAE5%Self80%
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educed through proper processing an
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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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was probably due to absorption of s
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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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Table 4.2.13 Farmers’ choice prio
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4.2.18 Percent of farmers using fer
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4.2.20 Seed drying place of wheat a
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30Frequency distribution20100Std. D
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followed by plastic drum (30 points
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Table 4.2.26 Wheat seed preservatio
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Table 4.2.27 Men, women and childre
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espectively. Farmers used FYM at th
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Table 4.2.30 Wheat seed production
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the amounts of stored wheat seed fo
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8. Termite attack at seedling Insec
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percentages of germination, moistur
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4.3.2 Major occupation of maize far
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Table 4.3.4 Time line of maize cult
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Legend:RajshahiKishoregonjExperienc
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4.3.9 Major cropping patterns pract
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yield and production cost and marke
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medium farmers in Rajshahi and 85%
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significantly affected the maize pr
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Harvesting and post harvest managem
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In the present study it is observed
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4.3.25 Maize seed demand and propor
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4.4.5 Seed purchase and sale price
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variety `Swarna’ has leaked throu
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6. POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMMEN
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Table 6.1 Proposed training program
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSAll praises are due
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20. Dadalani, M., M.S. Islam, I. Ah
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ANNEXESDinajpur•Birol•Bochagonj
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Annex 7. Percent of rice farmers us
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Annex 12. Boro rice grain productio
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Annex 17. Wheat grain production pa
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Annex 21. Socio-economic scenario o
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