The Alliance has 100 dedicated seed committees from18 states of India. We are farmers, seed savers, intellectuals, individuals, experts, scientists, designers. We save, promote, and exchange traditional seeds, without compromising farmers’ rights and seed sovereignty. Our seeds are our collective bio-cultural heritage.
Jacob Nellithanam
Jacob Nellithanam is a veteran seed activist, dedicated to protecting and promoting our rich heritage of indigenous crop varieties since over three decades. Jacob is also the founder of the Richharia Campaign, named after Late Dr. R.H. Richharia, who collected many thousands of indigenous rice seed varieties from Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and other parts of India. Jacob has trained many farmers in adopting organic ‘System of Rice Intensification’ (SRI) and organic ‘System of Millet Intensification’ (SMI), using locally suited native seed varieties.
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