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Farmers' Stories
Community Conservation
This final story provides an opportunity to reflect on the challenge of documenting the stories of innovative farmers. With an estimated 250 million farmers in...
Model Farms and Farmers in Seva
Cultivation of traditional varieties, often termed Desi seeds, require no external inputs (chemical fertilizers or pesticides). These ‘natural farming’ methods work with nature, specifically the...
Laying the Foundation for Innovation
A foundation seed is the ‘pure seed stocks grown by or under the supervision of a public agency for use in the production of registered...
Researcher's Journal
Addressing Bias: A Tale of Two Elephants
I will begin this journal entry with the ‘western elephant’. Any research project potentially has an ‘elephant in the room’[1] that is a source of...
Translating Cultures: I Felt Comfortable
A researcher’s journal serves to maintain awareness of any potential biases. Rather than claim objectivity, the researcher acknowledges subjective influences to address assumptions and influences...
Anticipation
I am really excited to be working on this project for many reasons. For my first post, I realised that I probably need to talk...