Seed bank to preserve indigenous crops in Tulsipur

Dang, May 13: An agricultural cooperative at Tulsipur Sub-Metropolis-4 in the district    
has established a seed bank to preserve indigenous crops. The seed bank is aimed at protecting the crops that are facing gradual decline.    
    
Cooperative's Chairperson Jharana Pun informed that the seed collection campaign had already begun. The drive would be expanded gradually, she said, adding that seeds of more than 50 varieties of crops and vegetables were collected so far. The indigenous seeds would be sowed for further production.    
    
"The seeds collected would be utilized to increase production and later sold to farmers," she added.    
    
The seeds of local rice, soybean, wheat, tomato, sesame, foxtail millet, buckwheat are collected for promoting indigenous crops, which is a positive work, said Kulraj Chaudhari, chief of agriculture section at the local level.    
    
"Many traditional crops are fading fast. So, such initiative launched by cooperative is laudable," he observed.  (RSS)