Options of promoting seeds of biofortified crops: A case study of Bihar

Extracting from the policy documents related to the seed production and distribution, seed marketing and distribution networks, and the focussed group discussions and workshops this paper identifies options of promoting seeds of biofortified crops in the Indian state of Bihar. Accordingly, four plausible options, viz., established network of registered dealers (ENRD), fast forward network using truthfully labelled seeds (FFN), farmer to farmer exchange (FFC), and private players (PPC) are identified. While the ENRD is the most formalized, robust, and functional channel, FFN is frequently used and the most practical channel.