Empowering farmers as custodians of genetic resources through community stewardship, scientific validation, legal protection, and market access.
Weaving local wisdom with research, rights frameworks, and enterprise pathways helps farming communities conserve biodiversity while creating durable income opportunities.
Community memory, local practices, and custodianship guide conservation choices.
Field trials and quality assessment strengthen trust in farmer-bred varieties.
<Rights recognition helps communities retain ownership over their resources.
Value-added crops and stronger channels convert conservation into livelihoods.
Rajasthan’s first community-led gene bank for fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) biodiversity conserved by farmers of Sirohi.
A premium fennel variety developed in Sirohi, now legally recognized under PPV&FR Act.
From traditional knowledge to legal recognition - Nagauri Paan Methi (Trigonella corniculata) is a victory for farmers, biodiversity, and the future of agriculture.
Building a robust quality seed production system and facilitating on-farm learning to conserve genetic resources.
Exposure visits, adaptive field demonstration and farmers field school.
High value crops and income generation.
Safeguarding Rajasthan's fennel diversity through community stewardship, local seed systems, and farmer leadership.
A resilient biodiversity economy connects cultivation, seed stewardship, processing, branding, and market access into one coherent pathway.
Local cultivation and crop diversity management.
Selection, storage, multiplication, and quality systems.
Cleaning, grading, packaging, and value addition.
Identity, traceability, and product differentiation.
Linking community produce with broader demand.
Support initiatives that conserve genetic resources, strengthen farmer rights, and create livelihood pathways rooted in biodiversity.