The International Family Farm Day was observed in Bandhapada gram panchayat by the RCDC in collaboration with the Millet Network India and Deccan Development Society on Friday.
Bandhapada sarpanch Gopal Singh Nina inaugurated the workshop, where Ratnakar Sahoo, Amar Kumar Gouda, Pramod Bagarti and the Tikendra Jal Gandhamardan Suraksha Action committee stressed on the need for preservation of traditional seeds and urged the farmers to opt for organic cultivation.
Besides, five farmers were felicitated for organic farming and the farmers took a pledge to exchange seeds among themselves in order to reduce the dependence on company seeds and ensure farmers’ seed sovereignty.