SEED SYSTEM
RRA -MALKANGIRI
Issues:
• Traditional form of agriculture is being practice,
which lead to decline and reduction of yield.
• Excessive use/need of water.
• Excessive use of chemical fertiliser and pesticides
reduce soil fertility.
• Changing climate hampering production.
• Stagnant production of paddy.
• Food insecurity of small and marginal tribal
farmers.
Challenges:
• Lack of scientific knowledge base of the
farmers
• Non-availability of implements
• Loosing local varieties on large scale
• Lack of knowledge on post harvest technology
Purpose
• Community managed seed system that should
provide quality seeds, desired variety, diversity of
seeds, before sowing time.
• The same system is intended to serve alternative
contingency seeds in case of crop failure due to
weather aberrations.
• Community managed seed system should be
evolved based on local agro-ecological systems,
market needs, community food needs, local
institutional and market linkages.
Objectives
• To establish community seed system that is
managed by members of farmers with
collaboration of local CBOs, NGOs,
Government departments and financial
institutions.
• To evolve sustainable seed system that can
provide quality seeds, diversified seeds to all
dry-land farmers of the community, before
sowing season at affordable prices.
• To build capacities of CBO to manage own
seed system.
Objectives.................
• To facilitate seed system to link up with all
collaborating institutions and organisations
• To ensure quality seed supply by establishing
community seed bank.
• Provide training to manage quality crop harvest,
grading and processing.
• To conserve and promote traditional varieties of
all crops.
• To promote participatory breeding and protect
farmer rights on their varieties.
• To promote local nurseries to supply annual and
perennial plantations.
Basic information about the GP
• The Sikapally Gram Panchayath consists of three
revenue villages and eleven villages/ hamlets. The
Sikapally is located in Korukonda block, 20 Km away
from Malkanigiri. The GP’s villages and hamlets located
on either side of Konta –Malkanigiri high way. All
villages of GP are situated within radius of five kilo
meters.
• The land is undulating with thick populations of Mahua
and palm trees. The soil type is sandy loam. Major
forest based livelihoods of tribal people are collection
of Mahua flowers and beedi leaves, during nonagricultural season. However, villagers’ main
occupation is agriculture, cultivating traditionally with
all available natural resource.
Land use pattern
15%, IrriKharif
1.10%, Irri Rabi
0%, Rain
fed-Rabi
83%,Rain
fed Kharif
Farming system
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
Up land
500
Medium land
0
Kharif -Rainfed
Kharif -Irrigated
Low land
Rabi-Rainfed
Rabi-Irrigated
Major crops & acreage
6000
5000
4909
4000
3000
acres
2000
1050
1000
696
148
0
Paddy
Sesame
Pulses
Groundnut
Strategy and approach
• Convergence of Govt. schemes by linking seed system
activities to agriculture and other line departments for
financial and technical assistance.
• Fund flow through Gram Panchayat and funds
utilization by CBO.
• District level RRA secretariat reports the progress of
seed system of district administration or collectorate of
Malkangiri.
• District secretariat of RRA monitor, review and report
all activities of seed system.
• Supporting NGO at GP level facilitate seed system by
providing capacity building to CBOs and SHGs on seed
system management and by giving technical trainings
to seed producers.
Institutional approach
• RRA seed program will be implemented though local bodies,
community based organisation and Self Help Groups.
• For the development of suitable seed system for rain fed
farming in the identified GP, it is more appropriate to
approach through community Based Organisations, as these
are managed by farmer members who are seed consumers
and seed producers.
• Village level SHGs are present which will be federated at
revenue village level.
• All farmer federations become member of Cooperative
society.
• Each farmer federation associate with seed bank at revenue
village level.
Expected Results
• Proper documentation of seed system available in the district.
• Seed banks established in collaboration with the line Dept.
and management & control by community.
• At least 25 – 30 % of the seed requirement meet from the
Seed Bank .
• At least 10 varieties of local produced seed –like paddy,
millets and pulses are exchange through seed fair.
• The district will have its own seed system and manage and
control by people institution in end of the project period.
• N0n formal seeds produced get recognition by Agriculture
Department – Research Institute KVK.
• Farmers in locality will not have any kind of distress on seed
need.
Six month Plan for Kharif 2012 season -process steps and
time frame
Time frame
Intervention
Process steps/activities
Supply of certified seed of
improved varieties
Select farmers based on
through Seed bank/sale irrigation and inputs
June 1 st week June 4th week
Collect seed indent from farmers
and submit to Agric. Dept.
June 1 st week Supply of seed
Field monitoring and data
collection
June 1st -3rd week
June-Sept
Prodcution of
improved vareities Selection of farmer and
field
July-November
Source and supply of
foundation seed
Training to farmers
June1st -2nd week
Field monitoring and FFS June 1st -2nd week
Quality crop
management and
quality harvest
June 3rd week
Processing and Storage July-November
November-December
Demonstartion of new
varieties
Selection of farmer and field
June-October
Supply of seed and inputs
Field monitoring and FFS
June 1st week
June1st -2nd
week
June-October
Integration of seed bank
with grain bank
organising SHGs in all villages
June
Formation of seed bank committee
from CBO
June
meetings
June
Trainins
June
Documentation
June
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