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type: monograph
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contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@cgiar.org
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creators_name: Rohrbach, D D
creators_name: Lechner, W R
creators_name: Ipinge, S A
creators_name: Monyo, E S
icrisatcreators_name: Rohrbach, D D
icrisatcreators_name: Lechner, W R
icrisatcreators_name: Ipinge, S A
icrisatcreators_name: Monyo, E S
affiliation: ICRISAT(Patancheru)
country: India
title: Impact from Investments in Crop Breeding: the Case of Okashana 1 in Namibia
ispublished: pub
subjects: s2.4
full_text_status: public
monograph_type: documentation
abstract: The pearl millet variety Okashana 1, developed jointly by ICRISAT and the Namibian national
program, is grown on almost 50% of the national pearl millet area. ICRISAT and the
Government of Namibia jointly obtained a 50% internal rate of return to public investments in the
development and dissemination of this variety. The net present value of this return was more than
US$ 11 mi l l ion in 1998. The high level of return resulted from the use of germplasm originally
developed by ICRISAT, thus cutting the time and costs involved in variety development and
testing; the early involvement of farmers in varietal selection; rapid release in response to farmer
preferences; and government commitment to the rapid multiplication and dissemination of highquality
seed. In sum, close collaboration between ICRISAT arid Namibian breeders and strong
links wi th the Namibian farming community reduced research costs and speeded variety
adoption. Continuing collaboration between the three partners led to the release of two additional
pearl millet varieties in 1998. Both the new varieties have highly favorable prospects for adoption.
date: 1999
date_type: published
series: Impact Series No. 4
publisher: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
place_of_pub: Patancheru, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
pages: 52
id_number: ISE 004
institution: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
isbn: 9290664053
related_url_url: http://scholar.google.co.in/scholar?as_q=Impact+from+Investments+in+Crop+Breeding%3A+the+Case+of+Okashana+1+in+Namibia&num=10&btnG=Search+Scholar&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_occt=title&as_sauthors=&as_publication=&as_ylo=&as_yhi=&as_sdt=1.&as_sdtp=on&as_sdtf
related_url_type: author
funders: United States Agency for International Development
funders: BMZ/GTZ
citation:   Rohrbach, D D and Lechner, W R and Ipinge, S A and Monyo, E S  (1999) Impact from Investments in Crop Breeding: the Case of Okashana 1 in Namibia.  Documentation. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/1160/1/RA_00391.pdf