The Himachal Bank Will Conserve Indigenous Organic Seeds

Home of some of the traditional varieties of food grains and cereals, Himachal Pradesh – a predominantly agrarian land, is all set to showcase its past by creating a seed bank of all its indigenous organic crops. Such crops, known for nutrition value, are grown in mountain climates with all its purities – of air, soil and water. The government has proposed to roll out a funded programme to conserve indigenous seeds varieties – some of these at the verge of extinction or used only by local mountain tribes and hill families, restricting their commercial cultivations.