
Focus group discussion

Tuber diversity

NTFP plantation through community involvement, Dhadgaon, Nandurbar district

Seed bank at Jawhar, Palghar district

Maize diversity

Preparation of Jeevamrut for crop cultivation
Community-led Agrobiodiversity conservation, management and revival of local bio-resources, in-situ and ex-situ conservation and documentation of indigenous traditional knowledge are the components of the Programme in diverse agro-climatic zones of Maharashtra covering 142 villages of 9 clusters of 9 districts (Ahmednagar, Gadchiroli, Nanded, Nandurbar, Palghar, Parbhani, Pune, Wardha and Sindhudurg).
The programme has also been introduced in Dangs and Valsad, Gujarat and Sambalpur, Odisha with the support of Bioversity International and at Champawat, Uttarakhand with the support of NABARD.
- Establishment of Community Seed Banks for conservation of indigenous crop cultivars
- Livestock breeds and Non-timber forest species along with food security
- Adaptability to climate change and livelihood generation with community participation
- Indigenous knowledge, science and technology inputs and community ownership

School as Centre of Diversity and Knowledge transfer

Kitchen garden seed Production and Marketing

School-level awareness through exhibitions

Wild food festival

Gene Bank at Uruli-kanchan, Pune

Gaolao – Indigenous milch breed of Wardha district

Satpudi – Local poultry breed of Toranmal, Nandurbar district

Mahuva Nursery

Sangamneri – Indigenous goat breed of Ahmednagar district