Lessons for promotion of new agricultural technology: a case of Vijay wheat variety in Nepal

It seems that the current production of Vijay’s breeder seed is more than enough to cultivate in total wheat area in Terai of Nepal if proper seed cycle is maintained. But this is not in reality. NARC should decentralized foundation seed to private actors such as private seed companies, national see...

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Main Authors: Timsina, Krishna Prasad, Ghimire, Y.N., Gauchan, D., Subedi, S., Adhikari, S.P.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Springer 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100676
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author Timsina, Krishna Prasad
Ghimire, Y.N.
Gauchan, D.
Subedi, S.
Adhikari, S.P.
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Gauchan, D.
Ghimire, Y.N.
Subedi, S.
Timsina, Krishna Prasad
author_facet Timsina, Krishna Prasad
Ghimire, Y.N.
Gauchan, D.
Subedi, S.
Adhikari, S.P.
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description It seems that the current production of Vijay’s breeder seed is more than enough to cultivate in total wheat area in Terai of Nepal if proper seed cycle is maintained. But this is not in reality. NARC should decentralized foundation seed to private actors such as private seed companies, national seed companies and community-based organizations to maximize the resource use efficiency in the seed cycle through introducing effective monitoring and technical backstopping mechanism from public sector. Therefore, the close coordination and commitment of the public and private seed companies, community seed groups, cooperatives and public extension agencies to multiply seeds in subsequent cycles is required. Moreover, awareness program about superiority of Vijay with other improved wheat varieties should be emphasized for the rapid commercialization of the Vijay seed which would be an instrumental to mitigate the potential epidemics of newly emerging pathotype of stem rust (Ug99) in the future.
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spelling CGSpace1006762025-11-12T05:38:47Z Lessons for promotion of new agricultural technology: a case of Vijay wheat variety in Nepal Timsina, Krishna Prasad Ghimire, Y.N. Gauchan, D. Subedi, S. Adhikari, S.P. technology agriculture seeds ecology food science It seems that the current production of Vijay’s breeder seed is more than enough to cultivate in total wheat area in Terai of Nepal if proper seed cycle is maintained. But this is not in reality. NARC should decentralized foundation seed to private actors such as private seed companies, national seed companies and community-based organizations to maximize the resource use efficiency in the seed cycle through introducing effective monitoring and technical backstopping mechanism from public sector. Therefore, the close coordination and commitment of the public and private seed companies, community seed groups, cooperatives and public extension agencies to multiply seeds in subsequent cycles is required. Moreover, awareness program about superiority of Vijay with other improved wheat varieties should be emphasized for the rapid commercialization of the Vijay seed which would be an instrumental to mitigate the potential epidemics of newly emerging pathotype of stem rust (Ug99) in the future. 2018-12 2019-04-03T11:36:52Z 2019-04-03T11:36:52Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100676 en Open Access application/pdf Springer Timsina, K.P.; Ghimire, Y.N.; Gauchan, D.; Subedi, S.; Adhikari, S.P. (2018) Lessons for promotion of new agricultural technology: a case of Vijay wheat variety in Nepal. Agriculture & Food Security 7:63 p. 1-12 ISSN: 2048-7010
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agriculture
seeds
ecology
food science
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Ghimire, Y.N.
Gauchan, D.
Subedi, S.
Adhikari, S.P.
Lessons for promotion of new agricultural technology: a case of Vijay wheat variety in Nepal
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agriculture
seeds
ecology
food science
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