These five local crops are vanishing from India’s fields

Many varieties of indigenous, high-nutrition crops are disappearing across India due to a variety of reasons, from declining demand to difficulty in production.

When crops vanish, there is a dramatic decrease in agro-biodiversity. Be it south, central, east or north-east, across India, several indigenous crops are vanishing. Some are going out of community use as a result of the predominance of monoculture cultivation, while others are disappearing because of the preference for hybrid varieties. The lack of governmental support for indigenous varieties is also responsible. Read More

Originally published in Mint Lounge