Examine the significance of community seed banks in promoting diversified and low-input farming systems. How can this approach support India’s climate-resilient development agenda?
Kartavya Desk Staff
Topic: Major crops cropping patterns in various parts of the country
Topic: Major crops cropping patterns in various parts of the country
Q5. Examine the significance of community seed banks in promoting diversified and low-input farming systems. How can this approach support India’s climate-resilient development agenda? (10 M)
Difficulty Level: Medium
Reference: DTE
Why the question: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi has called for government support to community seeds banks so that India’s food security can be ensured in climate-risked times. Key Demand of the question: To examine how community seed banks promote crop diversification and low-input agriculture and assess their contribution to India’s climate-resilient development agenda. Structure of the Answer: Introduction Introduce CSBs briefly as grassroots conservation systems vital for biodiversity-based and sustainable farming in a changing climate. Body Show how CSBs support diversified, low-input farming (e.g., conserving local varieties, reducing input use, promoting nutrition). Explain how CSBs advance India’s climate resilience goals (e.g., supporting SDGs, adaptive capacity, policy alignment with biodiversity frameworks). Conclusion Suggest that mainstreaming CSBs into agricultural policy is crucial to secure food and seed sovereignty in climate-risked decades.
Why the question: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi has called for government support to community seeds banks so that India’s food security can be ensured in climate-risked times.
Key Demand of the question: To examine how community seed banks promote crop diversification and low-input agriculture and assess their contribution to India’s climate-resilient development agenda.
Structure of the Answer:
Introduction Introduce CSBs briefly as grassroots conservation systems vital for biodiversity-based and sustainable farming in a changing climate.
• Show how CSBs support diversified, low-input farming (e.g., conserving local varieties, reducing input use, promoting nutrition).
• Explain how CSBs advance India’s climate resilience goals (e.g., supporting SDGs, adaptive capacity, policy alignment with biodiversity frameworks).
Conclusion Suggest that mainstreaming CSBs into agricultural policy is crucial to secure food and seed sovereignty in climate-risked decades.