An empirical examination of the dynamics of varietal turnover in Indian wheat

This paper addresses the challenge of increasing the rate of varietal turnover to prevent depreciation of improved cultivars over time. It examines the supply of and demand for improved cultivars of wheat in India to illustrate this challenge in a unique manner, combining national-level data on bree...

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Main Authors: Krishna, Vijesh V., Spielman, David J., Veettil, Prakashan C., Ghimire, Subash
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151024
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description This paper addresses the challenge of increasing the rate of varietal turnover to prevent depreciation of improved cultivars over time. It examines the supply of and demand for improved cultivars of wheat in India to illustrate this challenge in a unique manner, combining national-level data on breeder seed production with primary data on cultivar adoption. The analyses show that the rate of varietal turnover for wheat has slowed in India from an average of 9-10 years a decade ago to 13-14 years in 2010. By focusing on a sample of farmers and villages in Haryana, where seed and information networks are relatively well developed, the study finds that wheat farmers still prefer cultivars that were released 9-10 years ago.
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spelling CGSpace1510242025-11-06T05:04:54Z An empirical examination of the dynamics of varietal turnover in Indian wheat Krishna, Vijesh V. Spielman, David J. Veettil, Prakashan C. Ghimire, Subash seed systems seeds technology transfer cultivar selection agricultural research hybrids research wheat This paper addresses the challenge of increasing the rate of varietal turnover to prevent depreciation of improved cultivars over time. It examines the supply of and demand for improved cultivars of wheat in India to illustrate this challenge in a unique manner, combining national-level data on breeder seed production with primary data on cultivar adoption. The analyses show that the rate of varietal turnover for wheat has slowed in India from an average of 9-10 years a decade ago to 13-14 years in 2010. By focusing on a sample of farmers and villages in Haryana, where seed and information networks are relatively well developed, the study finds that wheat farmers still prefer cultivars that were released 9-10 years ago. 2014 2024-08-01T02:54:52Z 2024-08-01T02:54:52Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151024 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153696 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153824 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153864 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Krishna, Vijesh V.; Spielman, David J.; Veettil, Prakashan C. and Ghimire, Subash. 2014. An empirical examination of the dynamics of varietal turnover in Indian wheat. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1336. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151024
spellingShingle seed systems
seeds
technology transfer
cultivar selection
agricultural research
hybrids
research
wheat
Krishna, Vijesh V.
Spielman, David J.
Veettil, Prakashan C.
Ghimire, Subash
An empirical examination of the dynamics of varietal turnover in Indian wheat
title An empirical examination of the dynamics of varietal turnover in Indian wheat
title_full An empirical examination of the dynamics of varietal turnover in Indian wheat
title_fullStr An empirical examination of the dynamics of varietal turnover in Indian wheat
title_full_unstemmed An empirical examination of the dynamics of varietal turnover in Indian wheat
title_short An empirical examination of the dynamics of varietal turnover in Indian wheat
title_sort empirical examination of the dynamics of varietal turnover in indian wheat
topic seed systems
seeds
technology transfer
cultivar selection
agricultural research
hybrids
research
wheat
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151024
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