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Anil Kumar, N.
- Community Agro Biodiversity Conservation Continuum:An Integrated Approach to Achieve Food and Nutrition Security
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Authors
N. Anil Kumar
1,
V. Arivudai Nambi
1,
M. Geetha Rani
1,
E. D. Israel Oliver King
1,
Susanta Sekar Chaudhury
1,
Smita Mishra
1
Affiliations
1 M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai 600 113, IN
1 M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai 600 113, IN
Source
Current Science, Vol 109, No 3 (2015), Pagination: 474-487Abstract
Agrobiodiversity is a confluence of the past, present and future and both a tangible and intangible resource critical for both rural and urban food and nutrition security. Transformation in agricultural technologies, land and water use and urbanization has been largely responsible for its rapid erosion. In-situ conservation of crops and varieties within the context of communities is being increasingly recognized an important pathway for sustainable use of agrobiodiversity. The present article describes a C4 Approach that pay concurrent attention to conservation, cultivation, consumption and commerce of agrobiodiversity resources, conceptualized and operationalized by the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation in three agrobiodiversity hotspots of India. The C4 Approach consists of a series of village level interventions like establishment of gene-seed-grain banks, participatory conservation systems, participatory varietal selection, seed purification, promotion of farmer to farmer seed exchange, promotion of good agronomic and planting practices, use of small machinery for processing rice and millets at local level, product diversification and linking to markets for strengthening livelihoods as well as mainstreaming use of agrobiodiversity among urban consumers. Training and capacity development and institutionalization of the efforts through formation of grassischolar_mains institutions dovetailed with science based interventions were important components aimed at sustaining the efforts.Keywords
Agrobiodiversity, Community Partnership, Conservation, Consumption and Commerce, Cultivation, Food and Nutrition Security.- Science for contemporary challenges
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Authors
B. Jayashree
1,
N. Anil Kumar
2,
R. V. Bhavani
2,
E. D. I. Oliver King
3,
G. N. Hariharan
2,
R. V. Rengalakshmi
2
Affiliations
1 M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai 600 113, India; Reliance Foundation, lives at C2 Sucharita Apartments, No. 71, Chamiers Road, R A Puram, Chennai 600 028, IN
2 M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai 600 113, IN
3 M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai 600 113
1 M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai 600 113, India; Reliance Foundation, lives at C2 Sucharita Apartments, No. 71, Chamiers Road, R A Puram, Chennai 600 028, IN
2 M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai 600 113, IN
3 M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai 600 113
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Current Science, Vol 120, No 9 (2021), Pagination: 1421-1422Abstract
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