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A Success Story on Participatory Seed Production in Soybean by Tribal Farmer of Manipur

H. Nanita Devi^*

College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, Manipur (795 004), India

T. Sunanda Devi

College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, Manipur (795 004), India

Nilima Karam

College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, Manipur (795 004), India

L. Sophia Devi

College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, Manipur (795 004), India

DOI: NIL

Keywords: Benefit cost ratio, Farmer participatory approach, Seed production, Soybean

Abstract

Seed being vital input to agriculture, continuous efforts are to be made to ensure availability quality seeds to farmers in order to sustain the agricultural development. Farmers need to have access to improved seeds of the right type, at the right time, at the right place and at a reasonable price. Therefore an initiative has been made to increased availability and accessibility of the good quality seeds of high yielding varieties of soybean. The scientists of AICRP (Soybean), CAU, Imphal centre have encouraged tribal farmers of Manipur to take up seed production of soybean. The on-farm experience revealed that seed production of soybean is beneficial to the farmer’s income over that of normal cultivation, though additional cost was incurred towards rouging operations. This article narrates the success story of the farmer who could produce 1,800 kg ha^-1 of good quality soybean seeds with which he can supply to an area of 32 ha.