Seed Village Scheme: Empowering Livelihood of Farmers

The seed is a fragile living organism which is considered as a miracle of life. Seed is the basic input in
agriculture which alone surges the yield by 15-20 percent. The non-availability of quality seeds in
oilseeds and pulses is one of the main reasons for the lower production. So quality seed is the need
of time. A village, wherein trained group of farmers are involved in production of seeds of various
crops and cater to the needs of themselves, fellow farmers of the village and farmers of neighboring
villages in appropriate time and at affordable cost is called as seed village. The process of
establishment of seed village, history, implementing agencies, training, advantages and causes of
seed village programme failure is discussed in this chapter.