1. ICRISAT
Pigeonpea Seed Production and
Delivery Strategy in ESA & South
Asia
(Objective 8.0) Mali.
Annual Review & Planning Meeting, Bamako,
November 18, 2009

2. Project Locations
Country Regions/Districts NARS partners
Malawi Southern & central Malawi • alawi Department of
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Agricultural Research
Services
• hitedze Agricultural
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Research Station
Tanzania Babati, Karatu • SARI, Arusha
• IARI, Ilonga
• Tanzania Agric Seed Agency
& Dept of Research and
Training
India Maharashtra • PDKV Akola
• KVK Washim
• KVK Durgapur
Andhra Pradesh • ANGRAU
• Adarsh Rythu

3. Major Activities
• Improving availability of quality seed
• esigning, testing and implementing seed production
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programs
• esigning, testing and implementing seed marketing
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and diffusion systems
• nhanced local capacity to produce deliver, store and
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market seed
• nhanced local level awareness of available varieties
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4. Major Methodologies used
outputs
Farmer preferred Participatory variety sel. (M/B
varieties trials)
Farmer friendly Vernacular approach
literature
Seed Production Seed village concept, contract
farming
Policy briefs Information document
Capacity Decentralized approach
building
Seed distribution Small packets

5. Pigeonpea seed supply systems
-own saved seed;
-purchase;
-gifts from family and friends;
-farmer-to-farmer seed exchanges

6. FPVS- Asia
Crop: Pigeonpea
State: Andhra Pradesh
District No. of Varieties No. of No. of
villages Mother Baby Trials
Trials
Ranga Reddy 10 Asha, PRG 158, 2 8
Lakshmi
Mahboobnagar 10 Asha, PRG 158, 2 8
Lakshmi
State: Maharashtra
Akola 12 AKT 8811, Trombay 3 9
Tur, ICPH 2671*
Washim 12 AKT 8811, Trombay 3 9
Tur, ICPH 2671*
* Yet to be released

7. FPVS- ESA
Country PVS Farmers Genotypes
participated
Tanzania 49 1554 ICEAPs 00040, 00053, 00936, 00932
Malawi 48 1335 ICEAPs 00932, 00557*, 01514/15,
01167/11
* Under release process

8. FPVS Trials, India

9. Distribution of seed samples of farmer
preferred varieties
Crop State FPV No. of Sample
samples size (kg)
distributed
PP A.P. Asha, PRG 158, Maruti and 1057 0.5 – 1.0
Lakshmi
Maharashtra BSMR 736, AKT 8811, Asha 352 1.0
and Trombay Tur
Total 1409

10. Seed distributed under revolving seed
scheme, Tanzania (2007-09)
District Amount in tons
ICEAP 00053 ICEAP 00040
Karatu 0.5 1.4
Kondoa 0.5 1.5
Babati 1.8 1.7
Arumeru 1.0 1.0
Hai 0.04 0.05
Simanjiro 0.04 0.05
Total 3.88 5.7

11. Public awareness activities in India
Crop State Medium Content Date / Period
PP A.P. TV Package of practices Oct 2008 –
(4 times) for red gram and new Jul 2009
improved varieties
suitable for A.P.
Print Management practices Dec 2008 –
(4 times) for late sown Aug 2009
pigeonpea, control of
pod borer and sterility
mosaic
Maharashtra Print Improved varieties of Sep 2008 –
(9 times) pigeonpea and their Sept 2009
production practices

12. Mass communication
Malawi : field day events covered on Malawi
television, Malawi Broadcasting Cooperation,
Zodiac Broadcasting Station and The Nation
Newspaper
Tanzania :Television, radio broadcasts, and
newspaper articles about new varieties
About 950 people visited SARI and saw the p/peas
planted on-station

13. Breeder Seed Infrastructure
 250-ton storage godown constructed
 Two bore well pumps repaired and
boundary wall constructed
 Submersible pump installed
 853 meter long PVC pipeline laid
 Barbed wire fencing

14. Seed Production in Asia
Partner Amount of seed produced (tonne)
University/ (farmers, Total
Variety name District Area (Ha)
Research on-station, BS FS CS TL (t)
Station others)
ICRISAT Asha ICRISAT On-station 0.24 0.47 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.47
Maruti ICRISAT On-station 0.20 0.31 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.31
ICPH 2671 ICRISAT On-station 0.72 0.28 0.74 0.00 0.00 1.02
ICPH 2438 ICRISAT On-station 0.41 0.21 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.21
Subtotal 1.57 1.27 0.74 0.00 0.00 2.01
C 11 Akola On-station 1.00 0.00 0.27 0.00 0.00 0.27
Asha Akola On-station 4.00 0.00 Vitiated 0.00 0.00 0.00
PDKV Maruti Akola On-farm 1.20 0.00 1.37 0.00 0.00 1.37
PKV Trombay Tur Akola On-station 2.00 0.00 1.80 0.00 0.00 1.80
Maruti Akola On-station 2.33 0.00 0.00 2.70 0.00 2.70
BSMR 736 Akola On-station 1.20 0.00 0.00 1.10 0.00 1.10
BSMR 853 Akola On-station 1.40 0.00 0.00 2.70 0.00 2.70
BSMR 736 Akola On-farm 17.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.70 5.70
Maruti Akola On-farm 26.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 9.54 9.54
Maruti Washim On-farm 36.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.18 25.18
Subtotal 92.33 0.00 3.44 6.50 40.42 50.36
Asha Ranga Reddy On-station 2.00 0.00 2.50 0.00 0.00 2.50
ANGRAU Asha Mahabubnagar On-farm 2.00 0.00 2.50 0.00 0.00 2.50
Asha Ranga Reddy On-farm 12.40 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.10 10.10
PRG 158 Mahabubnagar On-station 3.00 0.00 3.00 0.00 0.00 3.00
PRG 158 Ranga Reddy On-farm 8.60 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.20 5.20
Subtotal 28.00 0.00 8.00 0.00 15.30 23.30

15. Pigeonpea seed produced in ESA
• Breeder Seed : 6.0 tons
• Foundation Seed(2007-08) : 31 tons by contract
growers in Malawi and Tanzania(ICEAPs 00040,
00053 and ICP 9145)
• Foundation seed(2008/09) : Expected production
>30 tons from 34.5 ha in Malawi and Tanzania

16. ICEAP 00040 seed production
by Zenobia Seed Company

17. Policy Briefs
1. igeonpea-cotton intercrop.
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2. eduction of minimum area to be
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planted for seed certification.
3. ertification fee.
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18. Training in seed production technology
Crop State District No. of No. of participants
Trainings Men Women Total
PP A.P. Ranga Reddy 5 740 192 832
Mahboobangar 1 90 30 120
Total 6 830 222 952
Maharashtra Akola 10 448 22 470
Washim 5 327 8 335
Total 15 775 30 805

19. Training
• Tanzania: trainings organized on pigeonpea agronomy to 8
farmer groups involved in seed production
• Malawi : 25 Farmer’s field days were conducted in Central
and Southern Malawi generated greater awareness on
quality seed

20. Awareness at NANENANE Agricultural show,
August 2009

21. Formal and Informal Linkages
1. PDKV Akola –MSSCL and KVKs
at Karda and Durgapura
2. ANGRAU Hyderabad- APSSDC
and Adarsh Rythu
3. Village level seed production
societies

22. Information Bulletins- Asia
1. Tur Lagwad Aani Bijotpadan
Tantragyan (Pigeonpea
cultivation and seed production
technology).
2. Tur Lagwad Tantragyan (Pigeonpea
cultivation technology).
3. Kandi Eittanotpattialo Melakuvalu
(Pigeonpea seed production
technology).
4. Kandi Panta Yajamanya Paddatiulu
(Package of practices for
pigeonpea).
5. Kandi Samagra Sasyarakshna (IPM
technology in pigeonpea).

23. Farmer Friendly Literature-ESA
Malawi
• Manual for pigeonpea production in
English & Chichewa published
Tanzania
• A draft information bulletin in Kiswahili is
in progress.
• Flyers describing pigeonpea printed in
Chichewa and Swahili and distributed to
farmers in project sites (>5,000 flyers)

24. Constraints Faced
1. Insect-aided natural out-
crossing/isolation
2. Photo/thermo sensitivity
3. Early season drought,
WL
4. Seed used as grain

25. Major lessons learnt
• Importance of informal seed system.
• Seed production under assured growing conditions
• Simplification of certification requirements
• Knowledge empowerment of (female) farmers
• efficient linkages between formal and informal seed
systems are critical success factors.
• Pace of pigeonpea seed dissemination in ESA limited by
limited availability of trained, research and seed
technicians
• Registered societies can play a key role in maintaining
seed quality standard (especially for TL seeds)
• Training in seed production techniques should be imparted
in the field to impart first hand exposure.

26. Vision for Phase II
 Hybrid Seed Production
 Maintenance breeding (cliesto trait)
 Seed Village concept
 Emphasis on informal seed system
 Strengthening linkages between researchers,
seed producers, agro dealers, private large-
scale entrepreneurs
 Expanded to new potential countries like
Kenya and Mozambique