by Amal John | Mar 12, 2019 | news and events
We have taken many activities in order to create market linkages with GF farmer’s products which are produced by different producer groups from gross root level. We participated in sale-cum-exhibition event at different places in Bangalore. One of the programmes was...
by Amal John | Mar 12, 2019 | news and events
Traditional seed fair was celebrated in Tamil Nadu, Pudukkottai district on 08-05-2018.GREEN Foundation and Vrutti jointly worked with three FPOs to set up a Community Seed Bank called Makarantham Community Seed Bank. Makarantham CSB members fully participated and...
by Amal John | Mar 11, 2019 | news and events
RVD for Raagi was done at Veerayanadoddi, Hunusanahalli cluster. It was done on 10 Guntas (0.25 acre) of land. Raagi seeds were collected from various seed banks and 92 varieties were selected for RVD. Then nursery for Raagi was prepared, seeds were sown and covered...
by Amal John | Mar 10, 2019 | news and events
Change in Farming Lives in South India, Past and Present Purpose of the Research PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCHRESEARCH AREA INITIAL DIFFICULTIES FINDINGS OF THE RESEARCH AND PRESENTATIONS CONCLUSION The research helped to explore a strong interdisciplinary framework, in...
by Amal John | Sep 19, 2017 | Our stories
Rajamma On seed banks and seed conservation “One year, we could not find any DAP* in the local market. We went in search of it everywhere, but we found nothing. It was a very poor harvest that year, even though there were good rains. We had become dependent on outside...
