Posted October 24, 2019
A fascinating and shocking article has been published in Scientific American by Dr Debal Deb, an ecologist and “seed warrior” who has conserved more than 1420 of India’s native rice varieties in the last 25 years. The article describes how India originally possessed some 110,000 landraces of rice with diverse and valuable properties. These include enrichment in vital nutrients and the ability to withstand flood, drought, salinity or pest infestations. Read more.