Preservation of indigenous crop strains, a strong political will and a people's movement towards organic farming are the need of the hour for agro biodiversity that were discussed at a session at the Vasundhara International Film Festival, on Wednesday.

A team of seven farmers from various parts of the country are exhibiting organically produced grains, vegetables and millets at the event, have set examples of sustainable organic farming as a collective effort towards agro biodiversity.

Seedbank promotion has taken off successfully in Karnataka, said Bangalore-based Krishna Prasad, who has set up the state's first organic producers' company.

"Karnataka is the first Indian state that brought out an organic farming policy and also

allocated Rs 250 crore for organic farming. We have an organic village programme, now in its third phase, where it is implemented in every 'taluka' through a network of NGOs," said Prasad, who works with a network of 30 farmer groups across the state.....Read More

Source: Times of India

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