Kamala Pujari is a strong tribal woman from Koraput district. This activist and scientist has done a great service to society by preserving hundreds of local varieties of paddy and promoting organic farming. This year, she was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award "Padma Shri".
But, hadn't she spent many years of her life collecting and preserving the seeds? What happened to those?
She alleged that she does not have possession of those jars that she had painstakingly worked on as the M.S.Swaminathan Foundation has taken everything away. Why and how does she claim ownership of what belongs to them (the tribals)?
I am searching for answers.
These ancient and indigenous varieties of rice have unique characteristics and must be applied for the Geographical Indication (GI) tags.
Not many know that - Odisha has a deep connection with rice.
In fact, the previous name of the state, "Orissa", derives its name from "Rice" that is called "Oryza Sativa".
President Kovind presents Padma Shri to Smt Kamala Pujari for Agriculture. An agriculturist from Odisha, Ms Pujari has collected endangered and rare types of seeds such as paddy, turmeric, tili, black cumin, mahakanta, phula, and ghantia pic.twitter.com/lUajsybMNX— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) March 16, 2019
There is no doubt that the seeds are endangered and organic farming is essential.
S for- Seeds, Scientist
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kamla pujari such a fine lady. Apreciated oraginc farming by kamla pujari .Love to read about her \thank you so much
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Great !
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Thanks a lot for her outstanding contribution to preserve culture and tradition of Odisha. Love to read about her.
Thank you for your nice blogs.
froud of my koraputia culture
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