Description
Seed is the backbone of agriculture because seed quality is one of the key contributors to crop productivity and food production. In the context of agricultural development, a major concern is that good quality seed of improved varieties are not always readily available to farmers. More than 90% of the seed requirement of Nepal is fulfilled by farmer networks or an informal seed supply system (Shrestha, 1996; Baniya et al. 2000). Less that 10% of the country’s seed requirements are supplied by the Agriculture Input Corporation (AIC), District Agriculture Development Office (DADO), National Agriculture Research Systems (NARS), agricultural farms and other agencies.
