Chickpea seed road map of Ethiopia (2016-

2018) Tesfaye Geleta

TL-III project planning meeting

3-4 March, 2016

Livingstone, Zambia

Introduction

Chickpea is the second important pulse crop next to faba bean in

Ethiopia

Area = 239,751 ha

Production =458,682 tones

Productivity =1.913 t/ha (CSA, 2014/15)

Production and productivity increase arise from farmers’ access

to and use of seed of improved chickpea varieties

Ensuring food security and improving livelihoods

Introduction……….

Shortage of quality seed of improved varieties, even though seed

is an important input for technology dissemination and promotion

Seed system in Ethiopia

Introduction……..

poor and inefficient seed system

The formal seed sector is poorly involved in chickpea seed production

Therefore, is dependent on the informal and the intermediate seed sector

Road map plan was done to cover 30% the national demand

Before we prepare the road map we have identified opportunities, challenges and partners

OPPORTUNITIES

• Well developed informal seed system experience

• Good market

• Policy environment that enhances innovative seed system

• Availability of suitable varieties at federal and regional levels

• Sufficient land mass suitable for chickpea ( millions of ha)

• High potential to expand chickpea using double cropping

• Growing number of chickpea processors

• School meal program of the ministry of education

• Growing demand in major export destinations

• Proximity to African (Egypt, the Sudan), Europe and middle East

markets

Constraints

Low level of awareness on improved chickpea technologies

Dominance by the informal and intermediate sector that has

technical and infrastructural gaps

Limited mechanization

Unpredictability of market price

Lack of quality seed in an adequate quantity by variety of

demand

Limited availability of early generation seed (EGS)

Limited quality control by regulatory bodies

Lack of effective demand prediction

Partners

Farmers =QDS seed production

Seed enterprises = certified seed production

NARS= early generation seed production (nucleus, breeder, pre

basic seeds)

MoA and regional BoA = supporting seed producers

Private seed producers = certified seed production

Agro-processing = value addition or agro-processing

ATA= facilitation of research-extension for better performance

CGIAR = Germplasm sources and knowledge transfer

NGOs = Support of seed production and distribution

HLI = Training agricultural professionals

Table 1. Chickpea Seed production plan for 2016

Variety

demand

(%)

Produ

ctivity

(t/ha)

Breeders Seed Foundation seed Certified seed

Area

(ha)

Production

(T)

Area

(ha)

Production

(T)

Area

(ha)

Producti

on (T)

Arerti (25%) 2.50 9.75 24.38 102.50 256.25 1,350 3,375

Habru (15%) 2.00 5.85 11.70 61.50 123 810 1,620

Ejere (15%) 1.50 5.85 8.78 61.50 92.25 810 1,215

Teketay (10%) 2.00 3.90 7.80 41 82 540 1,080

Dalota (10%) 2.00 3.90 7.80 41 82 540 1,080

Minjar (10%) 1.50 3.90 5.85 41 61.50 540 810

Yelibe (10%) 1.50 3.90 5.85 41 61.50 540 810

Others (5%) 1.50 1.95 2.93 20.50 30.75 270 405

Total 39 75.08 410 789.25 5,400 10,395

. It was assumed that 10% of breeder seed and 15% of foundation

seed may fail to reach the next stage

Table 2. Chickpea Seed production plan for 2017

Variety

demand

(%)

Produc

tivity

(t/ha)

Breeders Seed Foundation seed Certified seed

Area

(ha)

Product

ion (T)

Area

(ha)

Producti

on

(T)

Area

(ha)

Producti

on (T)

Arerti (25%) 2.50 10.50 26.25 182.81 457.03 1,815.10 4,537.76

Habru (15%) 2.00 6.30 12.60 87.75 175.50 871.25 1,742.50

Ejere (15%) 1.50 6.30 9.45 65.81 98.72 653.44 980.16

Teketay (10%) 2.00 4.20 8.40 58.50 117.00 580.83 1,161.67

Dalota (10%) 2.00 4.20 8.40 58.50 117.00 580.83 1,161.67

Minjar (10%) 1.50 4.20 6.30 43.88 65.81 435.63 653.44

Yelibe (10%) 1.50 4.20 6.30 43.88 65.81 435.63 653.44

Others (5%) 1.50 2.10 3.15 21.94 32.91 217.81 326.72

Total 42.00 80.85 563.06 1,129.78 5,590.52 11,217.3

Table 3. Chickpea Seed production plan for 2018

Variety

demand

(%)

Productivit

y (t/ha)

Breeders Seed Foundation seed Certified seed

Area

(ha)

Produc

tion (T)

Area

(ha)

Producti

on

(T)

Area

(ha)

Production

(T)

Arerti (25%) 2.50 11.25 28.13 196.88 492.19 3,237.30 8,093.26

Habru (15%) 2.00 6.75 13.50 94.50 189.00 1,243.13 2,486.25

Ejere (15%) 1.50 6.75 10.13 70.88 106.31 699.26 1,048.89

Teketay (10%) 2.00 4.50 9.00 63.00 126.00 828.75 1,657.50

Dalota (10%) 2.00 4.50 9.00 63.00 126.00 828.75 1,657.50

Minjar (10%) 1.50 4.50 6.75 47.25 70.88 466.17 699.26

Yelibe (10%) 1.50 4.50 6.75 47.25 70.88 466.17 699.26

Others (5%) 1.50 2.25 3.38 23.63 35.44 233.09 349.63

Total 45.00 86.63 606.38 1216.69 8,002.62 16,691.54

Table 4. Adoption roadmap

Year

Amount of

Certified/Q

DS seed (T)

80% of

the

Certified/

QDS seed

distribute

d (T)*

Land

coverage

by

certified

seed (ha)

% cover

of the total

chickpea

area

(2014/15)

Following

season's

expected

grain

productio

n (T)**

% of the

2014/15

productio

n

2016 10,395 8,316 69,300 28.9 145,530 31.7

2017 11,217.34 8,973.87 74,782.27 31.2 157,042.76 34.2

2018 16,691.54 13,353.23 111,276.93 46.4 233,681.56 50.9

*20% of seed do not reach the farmers; **Average productivity is 1.8t

Adoption map of chickpea for years 2016-2018 was calculated with

the assumption that 20% of the certified/QDS may fail to reach

the farmers

Thank you !