The discourse on food security and seed sovereignty in India is situated at the intersection of ecological sustainability, Indigenous rights, food justice, and agrarian livelihoods, especially for indigenous communities. Seeds, as bearers of genetic memory, culture, and resilience, are far more than agricultural inputs. They carry within them entire ways of life, rooted in biodiverse landscapes and traditional ecological knowledge. Socio-ecological resilliance and food security is a key area of work for the work that Keystone Foundation takes up with indigenous communities. Below is a selection of relevant resources on this theme, that will keep getting updated with new resources.
The resources below have been created by Keystone Foundation as a part of the several projects onwards on farm-based interventions, agro-ecology documentation, indigenous agricultural systems and seed sovereignity. They have been generously supported through projects from Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (2023 onwards), Misereor (2010 onwards), BIAF (2022 onwards) GAGGA (2005 onwards) and others...
