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Biodiversity plans go to the grassroots

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

Seed stories: A festival that brings urban youth closer to their roots

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

‘We have more hardy, nutritious grains than GM can offer’

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)

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!