News: Recently, Rahibai Popere, popularly known as Seed mother, from Maharashtra won this year’s Padma awards. It was in recognition of her work that has helped save hundreds of landraces (wild varieties of commonly grown crops at the village level) Contents1 How Landraces are different from commercially grown crops?2 Why preserving landraces is important?3 What… Continue reading In age of hybrid crops, the importance of preserving landraces
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