Eco India: Meet the farmers who are preserving India's heirloom rice varieties one seed at a time

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4 жыл бұрын

Every week, Eco India brings you stories that inspire to build a cleaner, greener and better tomorrow. We travelled to Kerala to look at how the need to conserve traditional varieties of paddy became a people’s movement to revive rice culture and create sustainable rice ecosystems.
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Supervising Producer: Nooshin Mowla
Associate Producer & Script: Shibika Suresh
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Assistant Producers: Dewang Trivedi, Gautam Phadnis
With Inputs From: Bhagyashree Nair, Sangeeta Suresh
Executive Producer: Sannuta Raghu
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@NMp-gf1tg 4 жыл бұрын

'Everything happens by harmonizing with nature' Very well said sir.

@yuvanganeshsivaraman 4 жыл бұрын

Iam an agricultural student but iam unaware of the traditional varieties . This video is really useful for me . I know about the toilings of the farmers. A great salute to those seed conservationist .

@anuvrathchadal4109 4 жыл бұрын

Hatsoff for that both of them and NGO's preserving our ancient seeds ..that to pass our feature generations

@ayushpainuly4530 4 жыл бұрын

Chaddi bhai hindi mai bolo

@Avi_lays 4 жыл бұрын

An inventor does not do something to get an award......he does it to keep himself alive.....

@Randomvideos-yr6cc 4 жыл бұрын

Govt should create a seed bank where each and every type of seed should be kept preserved.

@krishnachaitanya7104 4 жыл бұрын

They do

@AshutoshJenaKingJena 4 жыл бұрын

Govt have.

@vavuta9927 4 жыл бұрын

Let govt .. have coffee , tea food ,, bathe ,, and making kids also ... Actually what's our role?!?!?!?! ... And from where is this govt is coming every time do they decent from some 👽 Alien planet

@srjkpndt 3 жыл бұрын

Due to excess dependence on govt we have forgotten that it is our job to do it.

@AminGuides 4 жыл бұрын

Why I'm addicted to watching Eco India. I learn a lot of things from this show. Such contents you get to don't see in TV

@prabhunet 4 жыл бұрын

my respect to all the farmers who did not give up heirloom seeds and great effort by Thannal and other seed savers!!

@SURVEJAYDEEP 4 жыл бұрын

"We are giving it to nature so that all the natural forces an act upon seeds" and "Everything happens by harmonizing with nature" made me pause the video and think for a while... such an educated farmer... hats off sir. Thanks scroll.

@kamalbhatt2502 4 жыл бұрын

Those of us who can affordheirloom varieties which are produced organically should shift to these varieties. This is the only way to make farmers grow organic agriculture, and this will definitely improve our health.

@avanisamdariya Жыл бұрын

This is such an important thing. Preserving seed varieties is crucial for our food systems. The big agricultural industries want to make only their seed varieties, resistant to fertilizers and pesticides which are also manufactured by them, to be used everywhere. Local seed varieties are not only adaptive but also more sustainable.

@69bobr 3 жыл бұрын

A goldmine of traditional agricultural information!! I hope ALL of it has been PROPERLY recorded and other farmers have been encouraged and trained. It's very sad that our farmers receive little to no recognition and most remain poor, exploited and discriminated against. They are the TRUE "sons/daughters of the soil". 🙏🕉🙏

@DinabandhudasFrance 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! Thanks for publishing Hope the traditionnal agriculture will rise again, for the future of India and the world

@SailajaSadineniNS 3 жыл бұрын

Even we in Telangana growing these varieties in natural farming I feel proud by seeing this how forward my parents are, as farmers.

@heeraljoshi2560 3 жыл бұрын

I loved this information. Twice i was in waynad because of husband was posted there. Still I miss its beauty. Those day's and night's views!! With all prices information i also glad to see videography.

@MakeSomeNoiseAgencyPlaylists 3 жыл бұрын

this work is so important for the world ! thank you √ ♥️

@swatisonawane1192 4 жыл бұрын

Extremely good story for a Sunday morning thanks

@basavarajsajjan4510 4 жыл бұрын

Again eye opening content by @scroll_in the importance of preserving the indigenous rice varieties by an Agro - Ecology center and having a good market for these indigenous varieties who collect at farm gate is an excellent example, which can be replicated across India to preserve Agro - Biodiversity!!

@jaanusoni9218 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent ☺️👌💯🙏 ,no words for this .... lot of respect for farmers and other....

@jojijohn1834 4 жыл бұрын

My place ,we jest bond with smells of land 😍

@rahulneo7342 4 жыл бұрын

It was just beautiful to see the farm lands.... Humble Bow to all Such farmers...

@ph6263 4 жыл бұрын

Farming looks more joyful than my site engineering job😇

@radhikakumar4374 3 жыл бұрын

This is just an amazing piece of information. Thank you guys for providing such valuable input directly from the farmers. It has motivated me to know more about such things and support our fellow farmers in whichever way we can.

@kikikut22 4 жыл бұрын

Since the value of money/rupee has not reflected the value we should have given to our planet (including extracting crude oil from earth), my favorite part of this video is the farmer saying seeds should be traded, not sold for money.

@pallavidas5067 4 жыл бұрын

Science actually evolves in daily practices of people and that which is developed in labs is not science but Commerce.

@gaurav.soni1989 4 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful contribution you people are putting by acknowledging such activities

@vinaynagendracamala3398 4 жыл бұрын

Great Storytelling as always. Intriguing subject for people unawares of many aspects of agriculture.

@treeberry4 4 жыл бұрын

Appreciate your efforts to bring out good stories and quality videos.

@nishantbhaskaran7674 4 жыл бұрын

Wow ! Amazing !!!. How u guys come up with such topic .And it's always interesting and informative .I had never missed any videos of ur yet

@joshnashetty6996 4 жыл бұрын

Great work.. thanks to scroll

@sandhyashreep 3 жыл бұрын

Thannal has its own KZfaq channel where u can learn about sustainable house construction using natural elements like mud, limestone..

@sapvvv 4 жыл бұрын

Awesomeness unlimited...Gods own Kerela

@rosemaryj2408 4 жыл бұрын

High yielding varieties like ir 8 helped us to attain food security in a short span of time .. but now we can try to replace them with our own old varities gradually ..

@viruj4th 4 жыл бұрын

Proud of you Kerala

@viddy515 4 жыл бұрын

It's so much for any consumer to know about the how it's created before it's comes to the plate.

@raghavareddyyamana 4 жыл бұрын

Love you. Great work

@hahahehehoho8191 4 жыл бұрын

11:31 "eda parayada" 😂😂😂

@madhuhitesh88 4 жыл бұрын

What that means?

@utuberme1 4 жыл бұрын

hahaha

@utuberme1 4 жыл бұрын

@@Abhiraj_Jana Literal translation is "hey man talk" Contextually she meant for him to talk more as he was staying silent and she was doing all the talking.

@SailajaSadineniNS 3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@agnostic7449 3 жыл бұрын

😁

@goutamighosh-basu8543 4 жыл бұрын

Extremely beautiful .

@niyazrahumann 4 жыл бұрын

Proud of Hierloom variety. That preserved only nutrician.

@cfcstindia 4 жыл бұрын

Great Job! Please keep it up

@ishanimitra8630 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful....

@LC-en8io 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for keeping the tradition. Generations are indebted to your work, courage and determination for preserving the tradition. You are a God send person. Lets all pray to God, so that all cultivation land change to tradition sooner, to save our health.

@biswajeet9826 4 жыл бұрын

So much positivity for me now... Yeee...haaa.....

@mukeshkumaryadav2678 4 жыл бұрын

Great 😎😎😻

@sustainablefutureonearth 4 жыл бұрын

Farmers 🙏🏻🙇🏻‍♂️

@Theamanhanda 2 жыл бұрын

Great job

@rameshg2717 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks..

@dronakakati7041 4 жыл бұрын

It's very informative..

@rakeshliveinpeace696 4 жыл бұрын

Ramettan puliyane👍

@deepakvx6955 4 жыл бұрын

You guys keep rocking

@rohitkallakuri770 4 жыл бұрын

Great work

@swapnajeet_mohanta 4 жыл бұрын

I didn't get this if these guys are preserving this,then what the hell our agriculture department,govt agencies doing n wht abt that ias who is heading that department n minister representing it this department in govt.i think we don't need govt any more.its time say goodbye to politicians n bureaucracy .we can manage ourelf on our own.

@SubhenduBiswas-HappyGoLucky 4 жыл бұрын

There are few State Government institutes & employees who are spontaneously doing the preservation of local varieties of paddy seed. In this aspect Agriculture Training Center (ATC), Fulia under Govt. of West Bengal & Anupam Paul, Asst. Director of Agriculture at that training center is doing tremendous work with the help of local farmers.

@yashwanthkumar7610 4 жыл бұрын

they clearly mentioned they were supported by "NABARD", please do search about what it is

@shashanksuman 4 жыл бұрын

look for NABARD. and there are many more such state level organisations. in this case issue is not on the govt or farmer side, issue is on the demand side i.e us the customers.

@dodgeee5 4 жыл бұрын

We are the change

@rationalmystic3.5 4 жыл бұрын

Why do you want the government to do everything. This reliance on government for every single issue is what empowers corrupt leaders to get into positions of power. Private enterprise trying to figure out a new business model out of things a lot of people are not really aware about is a sign of development.

@anandhubeco4453 3 жыл бұрын

Wayanad Kerala

@sevenwagon 4 жыл бұрын

beautiful

@randomstranger7751 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@sanjusagar-2022 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent 🙏 job

@varunprakash6207 4 жыл бұрын

Every Farmers are living God To preserve The heritage seeds to grown in land They preseve the Environment we Destory by Political man indeed The govt should Empowerment support for Agriculture should development of Agriculture 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@jaihind116 4 жыл бұрын

Great

@1995asrsanjay 4 жыл бұрын

Inspired

@krishnadasnamboothir 4 жыл бұрын

Good effort

@prachij.6382 3 жыл бұрын

🙌🏼🙌🏼👏🏼👏🏼👌🏼👌🏼🇮🇳♥️

@jibinjacob. 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video! Can someone please tell me which background score is used at the end of this video? Sounds really good!!

@trishanuray3833 4 жыл бұрын

I am tired of making payasam with Bullet rice because Govind Bhog is not readily available. Almost every dish used to be made with a different type of rice. We want them back,badly.

@jayan62 4 жыл бұрын

please contact, Organic Bazaar Trivandrum ( 9946109010)for govinbog , or check local organic store in your area it is really good rice.

@MegaServantofgod 4 жыл бұрын

Kerala as usual leading the way, kudos

@jagermeisterbomb1543 4 жыл бұрын

our books teach us what a great step green revolution was towards achieving food security.....but you will not find many people talk about its long term consequences. In my opinion green revolution is the single largest reason for farm distress in India today. it has almost destroyed our traditional farming methods which were renewable and sustainable. In my view if India wants to effectively tackle air, water and land pollution , we should turn and look towards our farmers.

@shikhaserene 4 жыл бұрын

Sir I wish to buy these rice where can I buy from I am from Mumbai . Kindly reply...

@vishakkv123 4 жыл бұрын

വയനാട് അഭിമാനം

@keerikkattuchellappanpilla276 4 жыл бұрын

രാഹുൽ ഗാന്ധിയുടെ വയനാട്.

@beinghuman5092 4 жыл бұрын

Sadly we farmers don't get profit whatever we grow. that's the ground reality.

@lawrenceohrya 2 жыл бұрын

How do I get this seeds

@shruthisambasivan 3 жыл бұрын

Is it possible to buy this rice variety directly from farmer?

@naushilb 4 жыл бұрын

What happened to the morning fix videos?

@jeweltilak767 4 жыл бұрын

Wonder what they taste like. Especially the one that kings used to eat

@SailajaSadineniNS 3 жыл бұрын

Heavenly 🤩 I ate 4 varieties in them.

@KK-gc5lj 4 жыл бұрын

I worked as doctor in Wayanad for almost 3-4 years.... earlier there were no cancer patients.but if you look at the statistics , every house is now grieving with that deadly disease. Why ? Because the main income is through agriculture. Earlier it was a dense forest with rain every half an hour through out the year.Now the rains are occurring twice or thrice in a year.the ground water levels are depleting and whatever the water is present , it's filled with those pesticides, insecticides, fungicides,weedicides. Pepper , ginger , banana are major ones. I had an asthmatic patient , and his son is a ginger farmer. He said that they never consume the ginger they cultivated . Because it's filled with heavy pesticides etc chemicals.i was really shocked at their ignorance. He said they are exporting it to neighbouring states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and andhra.

@deepaliderbere8521 4 жыл бұрын

Where can I find his rice??? Online????

@amaljose3467 4 жыл бұрын

Visit kerala

@SailajaSadineniNS 3 жыл бұрын

Amazon

@josaphe 3 жыл бұрын

Kerala daaa ....

@bitandutta1770 3 жыл бұрын

I am a farmer from west bengal. I want to communication with him. Pls help.

@DELTAFORCE3 Жыл бұрын

How come I can't see one lack rice come back ya

@keerikkattuchellappanpilla276 4 жыл бұрын

ഈ അരികൾ എവിടെ വാങ്ങാൻ കിട്ടും?

@shcbiddu 4 жыл бұрын

Sadhguru will be proud of all all these farmers We need to pass on this tradition

@sriraghuramathota7636 4 жыл бұрын

@mdkumarz 3 жыл бұрын

Best preservation is to widen our cuisine to include them, it is our Dharmic way.. Not seed banks. It is Western museum approach. Kill it first then build museum/seed banks to preserve them.

@sahadevbhogale726 4 жыл бұрын

Aise logon ke vajah se ye sabh cheeze bachi huyi hai. And it will be passed down to the future generations

@KshitijPawar77 4 жыл бұрын

How can I buy the rice produced by these farmers?

@nikhitamandava2412 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly my question!

@mongolianbornaparte7217 4 жыл бұрын

Since there is not much information on this you can take initiative to find him by contacting scroll. You can take this as a business case by marketing his products online you'll be the middle man if it clicks you'll make money.

@purembap 4 жыл бұрын

My uncle P. Devakanta have the largest no. of rice variety collection in India. Varieties include Sticky Rice, Wild Rice, Black Rice, Aromatic Black Rice, Brown rice, etc. He even won many awards in India for his unique rice variety collection. www.behindwoods.com/news-shots/63-year-old-finds-165-types-of-wild-rice.html

@alejandrodejesusrodriguezq4880 4 жыл бұрын

I love india so huge so big so smart so pacifist ,,,,,,,,,,q

@SailajaSadineniNS 3 жыл бұрын

To all people in the comment box I just want you to buy things from farmer not from any other places because our farmers are getting looted by middle men.