seed saving
‘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.

Over 5000 Organic Farmers Are Reviving Traditional Crop Varieties. Thanks to One Organization.

Sahaja Samrudha farmers have conserved and revived over 700 traditional paddy varieties and facilitated the conservation of more than 68 varieties of millets.

Empowering Indian Farmers: An Interview with Sneh Yadav

Organic is a way of farming in a responsible manner, where a farmer cares for mother earth, for the environment, for animals ...

Grounded in Communities: People-Powered Alternatives Spark Hope in Kachchh

Spotlighting grassroots voices and faces that are amplifying ecological alternatives to promote dignified livelihoods, sustainable agriculture and traditional arts

Oh, the seeds of hope

"The idea is to wean farmers and home gardeners off hybrid or GM seeds and propagate the use of native or indigenous seeds"

Weaving Threads of Art & Identity: A Kachchh Experience

Preservation of traditional arts is deeply interlinked with preservation of identity and culture in the Kachchh.

Woman earns profit growing organic millets

Millet farmers are able to influence a large number of farmers raising paddy and sugarcane to switch over to organic farming in their area.

आघे चो बीज के सम्हालतो बिता किसान (in Halbi language of Bastar )

हुनचो लग १०० किसम चो देसी धान आसे. ए सपाय धान चो बारे में हुन अलग अलग नानी नानी जानकारी खोजलोसे.

Folk Rice Magic and Low Yield Myths

Traditional crop varieties are often recorded to have out-yielded modern varieties in marginal environmental conditions