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Vrihi

Debal Deb
Debal Deb

Vrihi (Sanskrit for "rice") is India's largest non-governmental rice seed bank for farmers. Founded in 1997, Vrihi now has over 1000 accessions of 940 rice landraces. Each variety is grown on Vrihi farm in Oridha. Genetic purity of each landrace is maintained by preventing cross-pollination.

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Vrihi: An Effort to Conserve Folk Rice Varieties Dr.DebalDeb CentreforInterdisciplinaryStudies Barrackpore www.cintdis.org/Vrihi.html
MASSIVE EROSION OF FOLK CROP GENETIC DIVERSITY West Bengal had over 5,550 Rice landraces until 1975. Over 5,200 of these varieties were shipped to IRRI between 1965-75. Our intensive search over the past 11 years have recovered only 640 landraces. The extant varieties include: FLOOD-TOLERANT, DROUGHT-TOLERANT, SALT- TOLERANT, AROMATIC AND MEDICINAL VARIETIES.
In Situ Conservation of Folk Crop Genetic Diversity Vrihi was founded in 1997 Works on the principle of Local Ex Situ Seed Bank Distributes seeds to Farmers for Free Expands Seeds Exchange Network Documents Varietal Characteristics of Each Landrace following INGER Guidelines
Accession and In Situ Conservation Vrihi has a collection of 920 Distinct Traditional Varieties the largest in eastern India. Includes rare and unique germplasm like salt-tolerant varieties, flood tolerant varieties and drought tolerant varieties. Each Landrace has been characterised and documented.
AMAZING FARMER INNOVATIONS Jugal: The Double-Grain Rice
AMAZING FARMER INNOVATIONS Sateen: The Three-Grain Rice
On-Farm Research in Agroecology * AgrobiodiversityDocumentation *EnumerationofPestsandPredatorsinDifferent Afgroecosystems *StudyofAgronomicConsequencesofFarmMicro足 habitatDiversityEnhancement *StudyonFoodWebStructuralComplexity *EstimationofEoclogiucalResilienceof Agroecosystems *ExperimentswithDifferentCultivationSystems (Mulching,CoverCrops,TypesofComposting,SRIetc.)
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PublicationsfromVrihi'sResearch 1. 1994. Industrial vs Ecological Agriculture (RFSTE, New Delhi) 2. 1995. Seeds of Tradition, Seeds of Future: Folk Rice Varieties of Eastern India (RFSTE, New Delhi) 3. 2009. Valuing folk crop varieties for agroecology and food security Bioscience Resource 10: 7-12. 4. 2009. Biodiversity and complexity of rice farm ecosystems: An empirical assessment Open Ecology Journal 2: 112-129. 5. 2010. Two unique rice varieties from West Bengal Seed Research 43 (forthcoming)
Vrihi'sRecognition 1. Circolo Culturale Ambientescienze (Cremona, Italy) recognized Vrihi as Conservator of Global Significance (2007) 2. FAO recognized Vrihi's effort as One of the best examples of crop genetic diversity conservation through community effort (2008) 3. PVPFRA, endowed Vrihi with the National Plant Genome Saviour Award (2009)
From Negligence to Plagiarism 1. The W.B. State Agriculture Directorate considered Vrihi's effort to be of no significance. 2. The Director even told in 2000 that effort to conserve traditional crop varieties was futile, unscientific, and anti-progress. 3. In 2008 and 2009, the Director reproduced text and photographs from my copyrighted book, without acknowledgement and citation, and puboished them as his own work.
Photo of Jugal Replica (L) Original (R)
Photo of Sateen Replica (L) Original (R)
Photos of Jugal and Sateen (Original)

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  • 1. Vrihi: An Effort to Conserve Folk Rice Varieties Dr.DebalDeb CentreforInterdisciplinaryStudies Barrackpore www.cintdis.org/Vrihi.html
  • 2. MASSIVE EROSION OF FOLK CROP GENETIC DIVERSITY West Bengal had over 5,550 Rice landraces until 1975. Over 5,200 of these varieties were shipped to IRRI between 1965-75. Our intensive search over the past 11 years have recovered only 640 landraces. The extant varieties include: FLOOD-TOLERANT, DROUGHT-TOLERANT, SALT- TOLERANT, AROMATIC AND MEDICINAL VARIETIES.
  • 3. In Situ Conservation of Folk Crop Genetic Diversity Vrihi was founded in 1997 Works on the principle of Local Ex Situ Seed Bank Distributes seeds to Farmers for Free Expands Seeds Exchange Network Documents Varietal Characteristics of Each Landrace following INGER Guidelines
  • 4. Accession and In Situ Conservation Vrihi has a collection of 920 Distinct Traditional Varieties the largest in eastern India. Includes rare and unique germplasm like salt-tolerant varieties, flood tolerant varieties and drought tolerant varieties. Each Landrace has been characterised and documented.
  • 5. AMAZING FARMER INNOVATIONS Jugal: The Double-Grain Rice
  • 6. AMAZING FARMER INNOVATIONS Sateen: The Three-Grain Rice
  • 7. On-Farm Research in Agroecology * AgrobiodiversityDocumentation *EnumerationofPestsandPredatorsinDifferent Afgroecosystems *StudyofAgronomicConsequencesofFarmMicro足 habitatDiversityEnhancement *StudyonFoodWebStructuralComplexity *EstimationofEoclogiucalResilienceof Agroecosystems *ExperimentswithDifferentCultivationSystems (Mulching,CoverCrops,TypesofComposting,SRIetc.)
  • 10. PublicationsfromVrihi'sResearch 1. 1994. Industrial vs Ecological Agriculture (RFSTE, New Delhi) 2. 1995. Seeds of Tradition, Seeds of Future: Folk Rice Varieties of Eastern India (RFSTE, New Delhi) 3. 2009. Valuing folk crop varieties for agroecology and food security Bioscience Resource 10: 7-12. 4. 2009. Biodiversity and complexity of rice farm ecosystems: An empirical assessment Open Ecology Journal 2: 112-129. 5. 2010. Two unique rice varieties from West Bengal Seed Research 43 (forthcoming)
  • 11. Vrihi'sRecognition 1. Circolo Culturale Ambientescienze (Cremona, Italy) recognized Vrihi as Conservator of Global Significance (2007) 2. FAO recognized Vrihi's effort as One of the best examples of crop genetic diversity conservation through community effort (2008) 3. PVPFRA, endowed Vrihi with the National Plant Genome Saviour Award (2009)
  • 12. From Negligence to Plagiarism 1. The W.B. State Agriculture Directorate considered Vrihi's effort to be of no significance. 2. The Director even told in 2000 that effort to conserve traditional crop varieties was futile, unscientific, and anti-progress. 3. In 2008 and 2009, the Director reproduced text and photographs from my copyrighted book, without acknowledgement and citation, and puboished them as his own work.
  • 13. Photo of Jugal Replica (L) Original (R)
  • 14. Photo of Sateen Replica (L) Original (R)
  • 15. Photos of Jugal and Sateen (Original)
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