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Access and Benefit Sharing: Agro Biodiversity and Farmers’ Rights on Seeds—The Case of Indigenous Rice Varieties of Wayanad, Kerala, India

A conserved SNP variation in the pre-miR396c flanking region in Oryza sativa indica landraces correlates with mature miRNA abundance

Keeping Head Above Water: The Irular of Pichavaram

Sivramkrishna S, R. M, S. V.  2020.  Keeping Head Above Water: The Irular of Pichavaram.

The pristine Killai backwaters—also known as Pichavaram mangrove forest—are a few kilometres from the temple town of Chidambaram on India's east coast situated at the confluence of Kollidam (Coleroon) and Vellar rivers. The Pichavaram is the second largest mangrove forest in India, spanning an area of 1,470 hectares (Selvam et al 2003). Apart from its scenic beauty and ecological importance, the backwaters are the lifeline for communities living in about 20 hamlets located along it. MGR Nagar—home to the Irular—is one among them.

Farmer Producer Organisations could help small holder farmers overcome the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown

R R, Rao N.  2020.  Farmer Producer Organisations could help small holder farmers overcome the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown.

Ground-level evidence from Tamil Nadu on the sudden disruption of supply chains for both non-perishable and perishable commodities has pointed to the adverse effects of COVID-19 on farming and farmers’ livelihoods. In Thanjavur, known as the ‘granary of south India’, and Pudukottai and Villupuram districts of Tamil Nadu state, farmers are unable to sell their produce. Without adequate storage facilities, they are staring not just at losses, but also lack of liquidity to prepare for the next planting season.

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