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Informal Groundnut Seed System: Case study of village based seed banks in Andhra Pradesh, India
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Gift of seeds for life
It was a custom in India that instead of dowry the newly married bride used to carry a cow and seeds to her...
Conserving indigenous seeds for livelihood securtiy – Experiences from Tamil Nadu, India
Vijayalakshmi, K., Arumugasamy, S. and A.V. Balasubramanian, India has a rich diversity of both wild and...
Native varieties take back the show
Anitha Pailoor “These are my air tickets to Thailand and Malaysia. Look at these photographs taken at the...