Abstract
Seed is the basic vital unit in agriculture, which is also basis for food security, conservation of biodiversity. It is also a means for the delivery of new technologies and support services to rural areas. Seed system is one of the most vital components of agricultural system that serves as an important element in strategies for agricultural development and poverty reduction. COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost every system worldwide. Seed system is not devoid of its effects too. Seed supply chain has been disrupted badly with very minimal workers around this sector, right now. Not only this sector but that of food safety, World Food security, has been affected severely as well. Importance of quality seeds is being understood, and is also being seen as basic tool for a secure food supply because of this havoc going around in the world. Quality seeds ensures good crop stand because of its high genetic and physiological qualities. So, with the institutional and technological enhancements in seed sectors, quality seeds can be used as solution for food security with addition to food self-sufficiency too. Production of seeds by following proper seed cycle, unifying seed system with complete knowledge and technological training on post-harvest operations up to marketing, utilization of maximum seed policies, seed schemes national, international both needs to be done in order to be self-reliable, sustainable, standard in line with sustaining food security and enhancing productivity.
Highlights
In broad sense, seed is a material which is used for planting or regeneration purpose
Food security has been defined in many ways, but one of the more widely accepted definitions is the one provided by the 1996 World Food Summit: “Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”
Quality seeds ensure on its ability to tackle some adverse natural conditions only, and focuses on the preferences of consumers for their diet with high nutritional value. This supports on the fact that seeds coming via formal system is trustable as it comes down to market after complete inspection from field to lab, so it can prevent on the reduction of food insecurity that is resulted due to production of some un-preferred varieties by checking on them
Summary
In broad sense, seed is a material which is used for planting or regeneration purpose. Seed is one of the major inputs of agriculture and means for dissemination of new technologies to farmers They are the principal means by which plant populations have been and are distributed over both time and space. The farm economy faced a severe hit when lockdown halted transportation, thereby stagnating the harvest. Even before this pandemic, Nepal had poor situation in agricultural sector. The agricultural sector is the highest employer in Nepal at 66% of the population, though this figure includes a very diverse array of quality of jobs that includes everything from subsistence to (small-scale) enterprise farming and wage-employment that is seasonal and part-time to permanent. COVID-19 is putting Nepal’s small-scale producers and landless farmers under strain Among those various sectors even within the agriculture, seed sector has been affected excessively too. Private seed organizations are on halt because of the urge of lockdown
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