Degradation of land disturbs the ecosystem balance by destroying the species diversity. Biodiversity is therefore a...
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Return of the Desi Rice
Sahaja Samrudha, an organic farmers’ collective began a decade ago as a farmer initiated group to exchange ideas,...
Seed festivals promote seed conservation: The Nel Thiruvizha in Adirengam
There is renewed interest in conserving seeds and growing traditional paddy varieties among the farmers in South...
The Narayana Reddy Column – Biodiverse farms are sustainable farms
I very well remember my father, who could produce food enough to feed his 94 member family from 30 acres of rainfed...
Evolutionary populations: Living gene banks in farmers’ fields
Rapidly increasing on-farm biodiversity is a matter of urgency in an era of climate change. Farmers often have...
Adapting to climate variation through crop diversification
While famers everywhere are struggling to cope with the changing agro-climatic conditions, a few farmers in...
Seed sovereignty for food security and livelihood improvement
Seed which was a ‘community resource’, carefully bred, conserved and evolved over thousands of years, has...
Towards food sovereignty: Millets based bio-diverse farming system
Millets are highly nutritious food crops which are hardy and are resilient to climate changes. Ironically over...
“Link biodiversity with the pleasures of food”
“When you look at the map of global agrobiodiversity hotspots you realise that they are identical with indigenous...