On September 28 an interested group of farmers was escorted to an unusual field at the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR) in Thrissur. There they saw an amazing 600 accessions of okra or bhindi growing in the field with some being rare ones. The farmers were told they could ask for any variety they wanted. Once the seeds were ready they could come and collect them for free.
Earlier, the NBPGR wasn’t opening its doors to farmers and allowing them to select seeds from its vast and rare collection. Thanks to a change in. . .
