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| Title : |
Ceapred's Experiences on Vegetable Seed Production and Economic Growth |
| Material Type: |
printed text |
| Authors: |
lndra Raj Pandey, Author |
| Pagination: |
140-148 p. |
| Languages : |
English (eng) |
| Abstract: |
A high yielding quality seed !s the prime technical input for the growth of agriculture. Using the
quality seed, 20 to 30 percent crop yield can be increased. Seed is a low volume high value nonperishable
commodity. In remote hills where bulky fresh produce cannot be marketed easily, seed is
one of the best established options for cash earning and income generation. Vegetable seeds can give
3-5 times higher income as compared to alternative cereal crops. Vegetable seed is now realized as a
very potential sub-sector contributing to poverty reduction and enhancing food and nutrition security
where other economic opportunities are very limited
It is an established fact that Nepal has two important resources for vegetable seed production: a)
agro-c/imatic va_riability with four distinct seasons {spring, rainy, autumn and winter), three major
ecological belts (mountain, hills and Terai) and several micro-climatic zones and b) large nuniber of
agro-biodiversity and genetic variability
Despite above comparative advantages Nepal has not been able to develop vegetable seed induslly as
it should have been done. This may be due to several reasons including technological and policy
anomalies, and administrative distortion.
In the world scenario, Gene Giants have used intellectual property laws to control the world seed
supply. lit less than three decades, a handful of multinational corporations have engineered a fast and
furious corporate enclosure in the seed chain. The proprietary seed market (brand named seed that is
subject to exclusive monopoly in the name of intellectual proper()~ now accounts for 82% of the
commercial seed market worldwide. With this advancement the Nepali indigenous vegetable varieties
are endangered NeP.ali cabbage and cauliflower have almost been replaced by imported hybrids.
Similar is the case with tomato, sweet pepper, cucumber and radish. Multinational seed corporate are
adapting the strategy that aims to control plant germplasm and maximize profits by eliminating
Farmers' Rights.
Realizing this overwhelming situation CEAPRED entered into the seed production and marketing
activities organizing farmers in groups/cooperatives. During the process CEAPRED has learned and
acquired a lot of experiences which this paper tries to summarize. The national requirement of
vegetable seeds estimated for NFY 2070/71 is ·about 1960 mt. whereas the estimated domestic
production is around 1200 mt. with short fall by 41 %. The short fall is met by import of open
pollinated (OP) and hybrid seeds. |
| Link for e-copy: |
http://elibrary.narc.gov.np/?r=1590 |
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Ceapred's Experiences on Vegetable Seed Production and Economic Growth [printed text] / lndra Raj Pandey, Author . - [s.d.] . - 140-148 p. Languages : English ( eng) | Abstract: |
A high yielding quality seed !s the prime technical input for the growth of agriculture. Using the
quality seed, 20 to 30 percent crop yield can be increased. Seed is a low volume high value nonperishable
commodity. In remote hills where bulky fresh produce cannot be marketed easily, seed is
one of the best established options for cash earning and income generation. Vegetable seeds can give
3-5 times higher income as compared to alternative cereal crops. Vegetable seed is now realized as a
very potential sub-sector contributing to poverty reduction and enhancing food and nutrition security
where other economic opportunities are very limited
It is an established fact that Nepal has two important resources for vegetable seed production: a)
agro-c/imatic va_riability with four distinct seasons {spring, rainy, autumn and winter), three major
ecological belts (mountain, hills and Terai) and several micro-climatic zones and b) large nuniber of
agro-biodiversity and genetic variability
Despite above comparative advantages Nepal has not been able to develop vegetable seed induslly as
it should have been done. This may be due to several reasons including technological and policy
anomalies, and administrative distortion.
In the world scenario, Gene Giants have used intellectual property laws to control the world seed
supply. lit less than three decades, a handful of multinational corporations have engineered a fast and
furious corporate enclosure in the seed chain. The proprietary seed market (brand named seed that is
subject to exclusive monopoly in the name of intellectual proper()~ now accounts for 82% of the
commercial seed market worldwide. With this advancement the Nepali indigenous vegetable varieties
are endangered NeP.ali cabbage and cauliflower have almost been replaced by imported hybrids.
Similar is the case with tomato, sweet pepper, cucumber and radish. Multinational seed corporate are
adapting the strategy that aims to control plant germplasm and maximize profits by eliminating
Farmers' Rights.
Realizing this overwhelming situation CEAPRED entered into the seed production and marketing
activities organizing farmers in groups/cooperatives. During the process CEAPRED has learned and
acquired a lot of experiences which this paper tries to summarize. The national requirement of
vegetable seeds estimated for NFY 2070/71 is ·about 1960 mt. whereas the estimated domestic
production is around 1200 mt. with short fall by 41 %. The short fall is met by import of open
pollinated (OP) and hybrid seeds. |
| Link for e-copy: |
http://elibrary.narc.gov.np/?r=1590 |
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