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Mar 28, 2016 · In the late 1980s, the movement was initiated by the group of activists of Hemwal Valley of Tehri and led by a farmer and social activist Vijay Jardhari. ‘Beej Bachao Andolan’ (Save the Seeds Movement) was started from Jardhargaon of Tehri district, Uttarakhand.
Oct 6, 2016 · Our hunt for people working with this ethos led us to the doorstep of Vijay Jardhari of Beej Bachao Andolan in remote rural Uttarakhand.
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Dec 18, 2018 · Beej Bachao Andolan (“Save the Seeds Movement”) has been working in the Indian state of Uttarakhand since the 1980s to restore traditional, agroecological farming knowledge, practices, and seed diversity – all of which have been disappearing since the start of the “Green Revolution” in the 1960s.
Aug 11, 2018 · Vijay Jardhari and his fellow farmers started the ‘Beej Bachao Andolan’ (BBA), save the seed movement, at a small village Jardhargaon in Tehri (Uttarakhand) in 1986.
“We started the ‘Beej Bachao Andolan’ as an awareness campaign in 1989 for farmers to discontinue growing cash crops like peas, potatoes and soybeans, and promote indigenous practices like the ‘Baranaja’,” Vijay Jardhari said.
Jun 5, 2020 · Jardhari and his farmer-friends made Jardhargaon the base for a Beej Bachao Andolan (BBA) or Save Seeds Movement. The objective of BBA was (and continues to be) the revival of traditional agricultural practices and conservation of indigenous seeds.
Vijay Jardhari is known globally for leading the Beej Bachao Andolan and was also an important voice in the Chipko movement from Tehri Garhwal. Jardhari focuses on natural farming, documenting...
