Welcome to the virtual tour of the on-farm conservation

By this tour we take you through the villages in Ramnagara District, Kanakapura Taluk, Maralavadi Hobli, where the onform conservation of the fast disappearing inter and intra species diversity of finger millet, dryland rice and few wet land rice is vested with farmers in different villages. Vegetable diversity is conserved during the rainy season in the kitchen gardens by women .

Finger millet 39 varieties
Dryland paddy 16 varieties
Wetland Paddy 49 varieties
Vegetables 48 varieties

We take you to North Karnataka region to a different agroclimatic condition with black cotton soil covering nine districts – Bijapur, Bagalkot, Bellary, Gadag, Dharwad, Belgaum, Koppa, Haveri and Raichur. The rich diversity of sorghum, wheat, pulses, oilseeds and vegetables are conserved by 22 farmers group and individual farmers.

Sorghum 20 varieties
Wheat 11 varieties
Pulses 19 varieties
Oilseeds 06 varieties
Vegetables 45 varieties

Click on Bangalore rural to take around the rich heritage of agricultural diversity.

Click on different districts of North Karnatka to take a trip around wide bidodiversity in northern districts.

 

       
 

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