indigenous farming practices

Starting with a bicycle and a few rupees, Arun Salai has built one of India’s most important collections of traditional seeds — reviving native farming one variety at a time.

A farmer in Lalpur, Chhattisgarh, Milan Singh Vishwakarma earns up to Rs 8 lakh annually through sustainable lac farming, inspiring others to follow in his footsteps.

From forest-fed ponds to rice-fish fields, these traditional farming systems of Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh show how communities can grow food while conserving nature.

Started in a small village in Uttarakhand, Beej Bachao Andolan became a grassroots movement that changed the way India looks at seeds, farming, and food security.