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d. SeediSt.ack. Farmers c.tten mention their lack
of access to vmpvoe -seeds as an important constraint to
using them The Prwject wv.i address thDs constiaint for
rice and rt.eld crops by l.nKIng up with the several MOAC
programs for svpp:ylng high quality seeds. Where necessary
and feasible, seed stocks will be increased at. the village
level by farmers ,tm.nedin the basics of seed mul.tipli­
caron, Seeds ot high value crops for
dry season planting
may be morg of a problem but the crcps envisicned at this
time are already gzcyn in the Nozrtheast and have established
sources of supply. When a crcl new to an area is introduced,
the Project wAi! supply seeds for initiai demonstration or
ext.ension tzali Later the Project will schedule meetings
with merch=nns and arrange for group puL.:hases until local
sources of sopply ar e establ:ihed, The prosect implementation
sequence or research ttral, demcnstration trial and
exrens"cn ti:al comn.ned witr t:mrx t.avning in seed
mulrtpicat-wn w.'! aoid the necev-sry ror
large scale
provision of :eeds trom sn-i..,:es out-dt A rre Tambon in all
cases wnee seed can ce sail[ mult4L-ed oy favmers To
supplement ths #proa.oit ;a also pla;:ed that.. th.s
Project element, be closely coordinated w.th the proposed
Seeds I! Project wrc, is p=rtally aimed at inc.easing the
availa.1i±ty of suitan-e vegetable seeds,
e- Fish stock reqgared unde. the Prcject can be
supplied by the Fis.eres Deparment but it may not be able
to supply sufi.ctent tinger:.ngs an a timely basis for all
locations where these will be needed,
Provision accordingly
is be..ng made unde trne Project rox tri..ning and assisting
farmers in the pioduction of r.ine.rGr, from fish seed,
Similar tranvng prcgrams for faime-- have been conducted
perod.cally in the past by prov.ncia! f.sheries station
personneL and these are tteretoie rot expe:.ted to be a
problem to deveLop undei the Prooect Fu:rYnexmore, although
fish seed product-on is geneta.iy earmarked each year from
the seven No~theas'.n provinc-a- fisheries stations, all
stations genexa.ly ex-eed telr qu:tas ,in FY 80 by 5% to
i111% thus permitting allocators
to other priority demands.
New projects wbich cculd increase hatcre.y suppl:es dramat'aiiy
are under cops~derat:.on by OECE, and this subject
may al be addressed under the ptop:6sd Fish Ponds iA
Project scheduled for FY 82,
Even it RTG supplies are
inadequate to meet tb s Pro3ect ; demand, boever0 there is
some indication (e~g ;.n the Auourn []nveis~ry pre-design
study of VFP II done in November, 1980i OhaL fish seed not
provided by DOF could be provided by the pz.vate sector