Seed village Programme – A New Vista for Strengthening the Integrated Seed System

Abstract

The word seed or seeds are used for all propagating material. The seed is provided as most important input in agriculture. It is lower cost than other inputs like irrigation, fertilizer & plant protection measures. Quality of seed is sustained by including various practices like proper winnowing drying, bagging and storage etc. The quality seed availability at proper time determines the agriculture growth through accelerating productivity. The replacement of the farmer saved seed with the certified and high quality seed may bring an enhancement in yield potential to the extent of 15-25%. A village, where in trained group of farmers are involved seed production of various crop’s and serve to the essentials of themselves, fellow farmers of the village and farmers of the neighbouring village in appropriate time and at economical cost is called Seed Village.