Traditional Seed Information & Exchange Portal
The Portal is meant for promotion of traditional varieties of crops and bring them into wider use. It intends to compile information on traditional varieties from across India provided voluntarily by farmers and organisations who have passionately conserved seed and link such seed producers and those who intends to source them for use
About The Working Group on Seed Systems (WGoSS) for Rainfed Areas at Revitalising Rainfed Agriculture Network - RRA Network
To design and promote a seed system appropriate in rainfed areas that include traditional varieties to support a diversified, productive, climate-resilient and sustainable agriculture; such a seed system is intended to be managed by farmers’ organizations in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture and Research Institutions.
What purpose does Portal serve?
The portal can be used by traditional seed conservers/ savers, seed banks, organisations and programs working on traditional seed varieties to characterise their collections, maintain database and have the option of making the information public or to keep themselves.
A set of base characteristics of the collections and their evaluation information can be documented. These characters are derived from among various seed characters used in DUS, PPV&FRA, and others.
Tools for Visual Comparison/ Analysis
The Portal offers visual tools for comparison of characteristics of different collections (given unique Id in the database) within the collections of a farmer/ organisation or among all the.
Information Exchange
The Portal provides for traditional seed producers to make public the seed available with them of particular collections along with evaluation data for wider information for those seeking those and enables exchange and wider spread.
Resources
The Portal provide information, resource material etc., on seed production, biodiversity, inventory of seed banks and such other useful information.
RRA Network
The Revitalising Rainfed Agriculture Network (RRA N), is a network of researchers, practitioners, enablers working across regions and thematic areas with the collective goal to facilitate the establishment of productive and resilient rainfed agriculture systems. Visit us for more details
Disclaimer
The information provided in the site is voluntarily contributed by farmers and seed conservationists. Seed Information Exchange Portal do not claim any ownership of the information or of its authenticity, and is not responsible for any consequences, positive or negative, of usage of the information.
Contact Us
Plot No. 685 & 686, Street No. 12, Narasimha Swamy Colony, Nagole, Hyderabad – 500068, Telangana, India
WASSAN's email id:
mail@wassan.org
RRA N's email id: secretariat@rainfedindia.org