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Sahaja Samrudha
A Karnataka farmers' movement reviving indigenous seeds through community seed banks, seed fairs and a farmer-owned seed company
Works across the regionDeccan Plateau, South India
- seed saving
- community seed banks
- agroecology
- traditional rice
- millets
- farmer producer company
Sahaja Samrudha began as a group of organic farmers in Karnataka swapping seeds and know-how, and calls itself a people's movement for agrobiodiversity. It runs community seed banks, participatory research and agroecology training. Through Desi Seed Producer Company (Sahaja Seeds), a farmer-owned organic seed company, farmer seed savers grow more than 150 traditional varieties.
Founder and director G. Krishna Prasad started Sahaja Samrudha after 12 years at Green Foundation. The seed company's board is made up of farmers and farm-linked leaders. Sahaja regularly runs themed food and seed melas in Mysuru with partners, such as roots-and-tubers, desi rice, dal and seed festivals, linking seed conservators, farmers and eaters.
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- Indigenous seeds (150+ varieties)
- Agroecology training
- Seed and food melas