Farmers' wheat seed sources and seed management in Chilalo Awraja
Regassa Ensermu
Farmers' wheat seed sources and seed management in Chilalo Awraja - Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) CIMMYT : 1999 - p. 22-30 - Printed
The Ethiopian wheat breeding program can benefit from information gathered at the farm level to determine where farmers get the wheat seed they use, where they get seed when they decide to change varieties, how often they change varieties, and how they manage seed retained from their own fields. Data for the study described in this paper were collected in 1995 from 180 farmers in Chilalo Awraja. The most common seed source for wheat planted in 1995/96 season was seed retained from the previous year's crop, followed by seed from the local market and other farmers. The farmers who retained their own seed sought to ensure its purity by cleaning it at planting, storing it separately, having separate field or seed and threshing it separately. Other farmers and the local market were the main sources of seed of new varieties. The weighted average age of varietal turn over was 13 years. This indicates the need to strengthen wheat breeding, extension service, formal seed production and distribution.
English
92-9146-058-3
Economic analysis
Ethiopia
Management
Research projects
Seed production
Seeds
Social Welfare
Varieties
Genetic resources
Triticum
Plant breeding
CIMMYT
Farmers' wheat seed sources and seed management in Chilalo Awraja - Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) CIMMYT : 1999 - p. 22-30 - Printed
The Ethiopian wheat breeding program can benefit from information gathered at the farm level to determine where farmers get the wheat seed they use, where they get seed when they decide to change varieties, how often they change varieties, and how they manage seed retained from their own fields. Data for the study described in this paper were collected in 1995 from 180 farmers in Chilalo Awraja. The most common seed source for wheat planted in 1995/96 season was seed retained from the previous year's crop, followed by seed from the local market and other farmers. The farmers who retained their own seed sought to ensure its purity by cleaning it at planting, storing it separately, having separate field or seed and threshing it separately. Other farmers and the local market were the main sources of seed of new varieties. The weighted average age of varietal turn over was 13 years. This indicates the need to strengthen wheat breeding, extension service, formal seed production and distribution.
English
92-9146-058-3
Economic analysis
Ethiopia
Management
Research projects
Seed production
Seeds
Social Welfare
Varieties
Genetic resources
Triticum
Plant breeding
CIMMYT