Seed Stories: Climate Charche
In the past | Urban Climate Change
Date: 5th August, 2024 | 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Venue: LH1, NCBS Bengaluru (Location on Google Maps)
Event Schedule
Tea & Snacks: 4:15 – 4:45 PM
Introducing the Film: 4:45 PM
Film Screening: 5:00 – 5:45 PM
Panel Discussion: 6:00 – 7:00 PM
The National Centre for Biological Sciences and Bengaluru Sustainability Forum screened “Seed Stories,” a compelling documentary directed by Chitrangada Choudhury. The 42-minute documentary was screened at the National Centre for Biological Sciences followed by a discussion with an experienced set of panelists involved in research and practice on different aspects of agriculture in the country.
Synopsis
In a village in the Niyamgiri mountains of Odisha’s Eastern Ghats, a heroic effort is underway: barefoot ecologist Dr. Debal Deb and his 3 member-team are conserving in-situ over 1000 endangered heirloom varieties of rice. Odisha’s Eastern Ghats region is one of the world’s surviving biodiversity hotspots, with Adivasi (Indigenous) communities like the Kondhs possessing the knowledge of growing multiple crops with their folk seeds, evolved over centuries. At the same time, the village and the wider region is irreversibly changing with the coming of genetically modified cotton seeds and associated chemicals. ‘Seed Stories’ takes a worm’s eye view of how this is reshaping a geography and a people steeped in agro-ecological knowledge, and altering their attitudes towards farming, food and ecology. It invites audiences to reflect on the question, ‘What is sustainability?’
42 minutes | Odiya, Kui, English with English subtitles
This event is a part of Bengaluru Sustainability Forum’s Climate Charche Open Series
panelists
Chitrangada Choudhury – Director, Seed Stories
Aniket Aga – Associate Director, Seed Stories
Debal Deb – Basudha
PV Shivaprasad – NCBS
Usha VijayRaghavan – IISc (*TBC)
Sangita Sharma – Annadana Soil and Seed Savers.
Moderator: LS Shashidhara, Director NCBS
panel discussion
“Agriculture for Sustainability and Food and Nutrition Security: Challenges and Solutions”, With a focus on how to achieve sustainability and food and nutrition security, the panel discussion drew on the expertise of the panelists on addressing questions related to soil health, biodiversity, agroecology, economics, politics and international diplomacy of food security. It also looked at the role of different stakeholders – farmers, scientists, practitioners and the Government – to enable and support sustainable agriculture practices.
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