The remote village of Pithauragarh in the Satna district of Madhya Pradesh holds the dubious distinction of being one among five states that showed an additional 50 farmer suicides in 2011 as compared to 2010, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Ironically, in this village lies a secret that can help arrest the suicide trend by boosting agriculture and its dying culture. In Pithauragarh 65-year-old Babulal Dahiya, a farmer, is not only experimenting with indigenous seeds on his farm but is also inventing new methods of seed conservation and promotion. In the process he is. . .
