Two-day desi seed festival begins in Mysuru on Saturday
The 'Desi Beejotsava' festival is being held in Mysuru to promote the conservation of indigenous and traditional seed varieties. The event features seed exhibitions, agricultural demonstrations, and the sale of rare fruit saplings to encourage biodiversity.
Why it matters
Preserving traditional crop varieties is essential for food security, climate resilience, and maintaining agricultural biodiversity against the dominance of modern high-yielding crops.
With a view to popularising and conserving indigenous and traditional seed varieties, a two-day desi seed festival titled ‘Desi Beejotsava’ would be held at the Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry in Mysuru on Saturday and Sunday, June 13 and 14.
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