Conservation of Indigenous Seeds - By Satish Kumar Karna

One of the most adverse impacts of the commercialisation of agriculture is the total dependence by the farmer on external sources for all his farming inputs, including seeds. Unlike earlier times, when farmers used to save and share their seeds, today they depend wholly upon seed companies for their requirements. Indigenous seeds are more suitable to a particular region or situation than any hybrid variety.

Seed is the basic and most critical input for sustainable agriculture. The response of all other inputs depends on quality of seeds to a large extent. In traditional system of agriculture, local seed material of traditional ....

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