Arun Joshi, all team members of GWP CIMMYT Arun Joshi, all team members of GWP CIMMYT and collaborators in South Asiaand collaborators in South Asia

Wheat breeding, seed Wheat breeding, seed systems and farmer systems and farmer

adoption of elite varieties in adoption of elite varieties in south Asiasouth Asia

1st, 2nd and 3rd CSISA HT-EM trials in India

Non-CSISA centres are

also requesting

CSISA trials and nurseries

Releasing variety (Public sector)Releasing variety (Public sector)

Finding a Good line IPPSN

1 year trialNIVT

Station Station trialtrial

Screening for Screening for diseasesdiseases

Yield trialsYield trials

RELEASE

2 year trialAVT

4 years

3 years

2 years

Releasing varietyReleasing variety (Private sector)(Private sector)

Finding a Good line

2 yr trial

Station trialStation trial MYML trialMYML trialLarge no. of Large no. of

locationslocations

RELEASE

Farmers fieldsFarmers fields

2 years

Higher yielding, resistant lines are

being released

Francolin, a Ug99 resistant variety released in 2012 as Bari Gom 27 in Bangladesh

Super 172

Several resistant varieties developed (2009-12)

HD2967Super 152Super 172Baz

BL3063BL 3235BL 3503Frankolin#1 (NL1073)Danphe#1 (NL1064)

Bari Gom 26Frankolin#1 (Bari Gom 27)

Baghlan09Koshan09Mukqawim09Chonte#1

NARC 2011

Dand’aKakabaDiagluShorimaHoggana

Misr 1Misr 2

RobinEagle 10KSRR VKSRR VIKSRR VII

The seed system and adoption in

south Asia has improved but

still appears to be……..

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But not every where!

PVS of Ug99 Resistant lines in EGP

Mothertrial

Baby trial

Faster dissemination of varietiesFaster dissemination of varieties

Large no. of TrialsLarge no. of Trialsin farmers fieldsin farmers fields

A variety goes to seed chain as early as possible

FFaarrmmeerrss FFIIEELLDDss

Adoption of technology: Interactive approach is the best

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

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Farmer contact Elec. media Print media Source of info.

Source: Joshi et al., 2004

New varieties are New varieties are being released and being released and seed increase is on seed increase is on

the waythe way

Seed produced as % national wheat area, 2011

Ug99 resistant varieties through USAID Seed

Project

Further improvement in 2012

Ug99 resistant varieties through USAID Seed

Project

Estimated share of public & private sector, 2011-12

Production in tons

HarvestPlus wheat lines

Map source: David Hodson, CIMMYT

IndiaDWR, Karnal

IARI, N. DelhiPAU,

Ludhiana

IARI, Indore

UAS, Dharwar

ARI, Pune

BMZ project (2012-15)Increasing

the productivity of the wheat crop under

conditions of rising

temperatures and water scarcity in South Asia

Map source: David Hodson, CIMMYT

Our focus:

Sustained

increased in yield

potential of

varieties with

climate resilience

Spreading the

knowledge and

making available quality seed at

right time

The way forward

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Thank you very muchThank you very much