Local bodies in Kerala will soon have a key role in biodiversity management.

Farmers across the country brought their stories to the forum, along with their seeds, getting to know traditional agricultural practices of other states.

Debal Deb has conserved 1,200 climate resilient rice varieties. He speaks on the need to conserve traditional seeds and why we don’t need genetically modified ones.

The Delhi Seed Festival (March 8-9, 2014) saw the display of over 2,500 seed varieties of cereals (rice, wheat, millets), pulses, vegetables, tubers, medicinal plants, and uncultivated/forest foods!