Comminity Seed Banks for Conservation of Indegenous Genetic Resources: Empowerment, Capacity Building and Training.
Comminity Seed Banks for Conservation of Indegenous Genetic Resources: Empowerment, Capacity Building and Training.
Project will attempt to ensure indegenous seed supply system to the farmers through capacity building, in_situ conservation, setting up of community seed banks, including survey, collection and documentation of indegenous varities of grains in the project area.

The project incorporated the components of Agricultural modernization to introduce new and uniform crops into farmers field as a means of in situ conservation technique, promote indigenous variety of seeds for cultivation, awareness and educational programmes for farmers, organise training programmes on organic farming, preparation of training module, booklets, posters and slides and conserve indigenous genetic resources through the participation of farmers community with particular emphasis on involvement of women.
 
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Project Snapshot

Grantee:
Centre for Indian Knowledge System
Country:
India
Area Of Work:
Biodiversity
Grant Amount:
US$ 31,362.50
Co-Financing Cash:
US$ 8,465.00
Co-Financing in-Kind:
Project Number:
SGP/CCF/IND/OP2/01/TN04
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
Project Characteristics and Results
Capacity - Building Component
YES
Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples
YES

SGP Country office contact

Mr Manish Kumar Pandey
Email:
Ms Aradhana Goyal
Email:

Address

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), 6C Darbari Seth Block, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road
New Delhi, Delhi, 110003