Community-based seed banks in Nepal help conserve native species
by Analysis by Abhaya Raj Joshi

Mongabay    Translate This Article
14 July 2022

On 14 July 2022 Mongabay reported: A grassroots movement to revive native varieties of food crops is gaining support in Nepal with the establishment of seed banks across the country. Proponents say they hope to nurture seeds that are more resistant to the impacts that Nepal is already seeing from climate change. As most farmers turn to the market for seeds they hope will give them the maximum yield, Krishna Prasad Adhikari and other residents of the village of Maramche in Gandaki province, western Nepal, are opting for a variety that won't necessarily do that. They've settled on a native rice variety well suited for the high altitude and wet climate. Global Good News service views this news as a sign of rising positivity in the fields of environment and science, documenting the growth of life-supporting, evolutionary trends.

'We are trying to save our heritage,' says Adhikari, secretary of the Maramche Community Seed Bank, established in 2020 to conserve local 12 varieties of crops that include rice, cucumbers, and maize.

'We have understood the importance of saving local varieties for future generations,' Adhikari says. Among the crops, he takes particular pride in the cold-resistant variety of rice.

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