1. Wheat breeding, seed systems and
farmer adoption of elite varieties in
south Asia
Arun Joshi, all team members of GWP CIMMYT and
collaborators in South Asia

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

4. Non-CSISA
centres are
also
requesting
CSISA
trials and
nurseries

5. Releasing variety (Public sector)
4 years
3 years
R
2 years
E
Finding a 1 year trial
L
2 year trial
Good line IPPSN NIVT AVT E
A
Station Screening for S
Yield trials
trial diseases E

6. Releasing variety (Private sector)
2 years
R
E
Finding a L
2 yr trial
Good line E
A
Station trial MYML trial S
Large no. of E
locations Farmers fields

7. Higher
yielding,
resistant
lines are
being
released

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

9. Super 172

10. Several resistant varieties developed (2009-12)
Baghlan09 BL3063
Koshan09 BL 3235
Mukqawim09 BL 3503
Misr 1 Chonte#1 Frankolin#1
Misr 2 (NL1073)
Danphe#1 (NL1064)
NARC 2011
HD2967
Super 152
Super 172
Baz
Bari Gom 26
Dand’a Frankolin#1
Kakaba (Bari Gom 27)
Diaglu
Shorima
Hoggana
Robin
Eagle 10
KSRR V
KSRR VI
KSRR VII

11. The seed
system and
adoption in
But not every south Asia has
improved but
where! still appears to
be……..
Picture: http://in.news.yahoo.com/photos

13. PVS of Ug99 Resistant lines in EGP
Baby
trial
Mother
trial

14. Faster dissemination of varieties
A variety goes to seed chain as early as possible F
a
r
m
e
r
s
F
I
E
L
D
Large no. of Trials s
in farmers fields

15. Adoption of technology: Interactive approach is the best
4
100% 16
8
80%
60%
72
40%
20%
%
u
b
n
o
c
r
t
i
0%
% score
Farmer contact Elec. media Print media Source of info.
Source: Joshi et al., 2004

16. New varieties are
being released and
seed increase is on
the way

17. Seed produced as % national wheat area, 2011
Ug99
resistant
varieties
through
USAID
Seed
Project

18. Further improvement in 2012
Ug99
resistant
varieties
through
USAID
Seed
Project

19. Estimated share of public & private sector, 2011-12
Production in tons

20. HarvestPlus
wheat lines

21. BMZ project
(2012-15) India
Increasing the DWR, Karnal
productivity of
IARI, N. Delhi
the wheat crop
under conditions PAU, Ludhiana
of rising IARI, Indore
temperatures and UAS, Dharwar
water scarcity in
ARI, Pune
South Asia
Map source: David Hodson, CIMMYT

22. Our focus:
Spreading Sustained
the
knowledge increased
and in yield
making potential of
available
quality
varieties
seed at with
right time climate
resilience
Map source: David Hodson, CIMMYT

23. The way forward
Photo source: http://www.armenianweekly.com

24. Thank you very much