The purpose of the project is to develop seed production village and gradually transform the same into a Seed Business Ventures with development of production and certification skills. Agriculture is the prime occupation of majorities in Chhattisgarh. In rural and semi-urban area 90% of population do agriculture for their means of livelihood. Most of the seeds produced by the non-technical farmers do not give that much of quality; hence the selected farmers are given training to produce quality seeds for complete market purpose towards developing seed village so as to increase the economic status of the small farmers.
Objective

• To create awareness on the importance of seed and varietal replacement.
• To sensitize and encourage the farmers to adopt localized seed production through seed village approach.
• To train and build capacity of the farmers on all aspects of seed production processing and storage .
• To develop a pool of Master Farmers who in turn will train other farmers in seed production process.
• To demonstrate the benefits and viability of commercial seed production and encourage participation of more farmers and villages in seed production process.

PROCESS OF SEED VILLAGE PROGRAMME