?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F8706%2F&rft.title=Seed+Systems+for+Rainfed+Agriculture%3A+Village+Based+Seed+Enterprise+for+Seed+Production+and+Dissemination+of+Improved+Varieties+of+Chickpea+and+Pigeonpea+in+India%3B+Information+Bulletin+No.+96&rft.creator=Ravinder+Reddy%2C+C+H&rft.creator=Sujathamma%2C+P&rft.creator=Vishnuvardhan+Reddy%2C+D&rft.creator=Ranga+Rao%2C+G+V&rft.creator=Srinivas%2C+A&rft.subject=Chickpea&rft.subject=Pigeonpea&rft.description=The+crops+grown+under+rainfed+agriculture+are+described+as+farming+practices+that+rely+on+rainfall+for+crop+production+and+their+seed+systems+describe%2C+how+farmers+in+these+regions+are+sourcing+seeds+for+cultivating+these+crops.+The+objective+of+this+publication+is+to+share+information+and+experiences+of+some+success+stories+of+seed+value+chain+models+developed+for+production+and+supply+of+improved+varieties+of+seed+of+rainfed+crops+to+resource+poor+farmers+in+the+semi-arid+tropical+regions+to+enhance+productivity.+Majority+of+legume+crop+varieties+grown+under+rainfed+agriculture+system+are+open+pollinated+varieties+or+self-pollinated+crops+especially%2C+cereals+and+legumes+grown+in+semi-arid+tropics+of+the+globe.+The+importance+of+rainfed+agriculture+varies+regionally+but+produces+high+percentage+of+food+for+poor+communities+in+the+developing+countries.+In+sub-Saharan+Africa+more+than+95%25+of+the+farmed+land+is+rainfed%2C+while+the+corresponding+%EF%AC%81gure+for+Latin+America+is+almost+90%25%2C+for+South+Asia+it+is+about+60%25%2C+65%25+for+East+Asia+and+75%25+for+the+Near+East+and+North+Africa...&rft.publisher=ICRISAT&rft.date=2015&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F8706%2F1%2FSeed%2520systems%2520for%2520rainfed%2520agriculture.pdf&rft.identifier=++Ravinder+Reddy%2C+C+H+and+Sujathamma%2C+P+and+Vishnuvardhan+Reddy%2C+D+and+Ranga+Rao%2C+G+V+and+Srinivas%2C+A++(2015)+Seed+Systems+for+Rainfed+Agriculture%3A+Village+Based+Seed+Enterprise+for+Seed+Production+and+Dissemination+of+Improved+Varieties+of+Chickpea+and+Pigeonpea+in+India%3B+Information+Bulletin+No.+96.++Monograph.+ICRISAT%2C+Patancheru%2C+Telangana%2C+India.+++++