“In #agriculture, seed has to be sown, grown, collected, stored, distributed. Of all the activities, I like distributing seeds to people. Even if I lose what I have, they will be safe with someone else,” says Kamalaji Pujhari of Odisha's Koraput district. #WorldIndigenousDay 
A member of the Bhumia #Adivasi community, Kamalaji has received both international recognition and the #PadmaShri for her work on #seed #conservation, an uphill task when many varieties of #paddy in her village have vanished. #WorldIndigenousDay
But these awards haven't helped Kamalaji in getting #rights over #seeds she once cultivated & is now conserving.This is due to the cumbersome nature of the claim making process that ismore accessible to pvt seed companies,research universities or individual commercial breeders.
“Seed thrives only if it is used in the fields consistently, season after season, and not otherwise, by methods like #rights and #certification,” says Kamalaji. This #WorldIndigenousDay read about Patraput's saviour of indigenous #seed here: ruralindiaonline.org/articles/patra…
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