Agro-waste falls off the upper deck; small grain collects in one tub and the good grain remains in the middle deck, collecting in a separate tub.

"Tribals have an enormous storehouse of knowledge on food gathering, shifting hill cultivation, pastoralism, labour and handicrafts,”

What rice varieties have a low cost of cultivation, no patents, and comparatively lower water consumption levels?

The natural environment is the daily lifeline of ... forest-dwellers, fishers, farmers, craftspersons, pastoralists, urban poor.

“I pick Who rather than from where or what produce because I want to support the right people and create a deeper impact."

The value of this Turbine has increased further with the need to curb fossil fuel consumption and the related greenhouse gas emissions.

Government needs to diversify the seed availability, regulate illegal seeds and tighten laws so farmers have a real choice, not a Hobson’s one.

“The uncultivated food plants are voluntary plants. The rural poor who understand their benefits the best refuse to call them 'weeds'”

... to practise organic farming to rejuvenate the land and to work on gender issues in agriculture.