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Navdanya is an Earth Centric, Women centric and Farmer led movement for the protection of Biological and cultural Diversity. We live and practise the philosophy of Earth Democracy as one Earth Family ( Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam.) with no separations between nature and humans and no hierarchies between species, culture, gender, race and faiths.
Navdanya is an Indian -based non-governmental organisation which promotes biodiversity conservation, biodiversity, organic farming, the rights of farmers, and the process of seed saving. One of Navdanya's founders, and outspoken members, is Vandana Shiva, an environmental activist, physicist, and author.
Navdanya means nine crops that represent India's collective source of food security. The main aim of the Navdanya biodiversity conservation programme is to support local farmers, rescue and conserve crops and plants that are being pushed to extinction and make them available through direct marketing.
It is customary for Hindus to use Navdanya during certain rituals and auspicious events. During traditional Hindu initiation ceremonies such as Upanayana that marks the acceptance of a student by a preceptor and Vidyāraṃbhaṃ that is performed before a child begins their formal education involve the offering of navdhanya.
The collective work of Navdanya, Navdanya International and Friends of Navdanya constitutes the Navdanya Movement which is organized around six primary themes: Seed Freedom, Agroecology, Food for Health, Climate Resilience, Economic Democracy and Earth Democracy.
Navdanya means “nine seeds” (symbolizing protection of biological and cultural diversity) and also the “new gift” (for seed as commons, based on the right to save and share seeds In today’s context of biological and ecological destruction, seed savers are the true givers of seed.
Navdanya pioneered the movement of seed saving and seed freedom, which began in response to the crisis of erosion of agricultural biodiversity and introduction of GMOs and patents on seeds through intellectual property rights (IPRs) and so-called ‘free trade’ agreements.
Nov 13, 2021 · The Navdanya movement is a struggle for freedom against large transnational corporations and their partnered states for the most fundamental survival needs: food and water. In this movement, independent and indigenous farmers practiced civil disobedience by refusing to follow laws constructed and enforced by the very states charged with ...
Apr 12, 2018 · The movement has grown immensely since the beginning, establishing 122 community seed banks in India and encouraging a breathtaking 5,000,000 farmers to convert to organic farming. Navdanya’s headquarters is based out of the Doon Valley in Uttarakhand in the foothills of the Himalayas.
Over the last 30 years, Navdanya has been conserving biodiversity through a network of seed keepers and organic producers spread across 22 states in India and Bhutan.
