Theme :Crop Diversity BAIF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH FOUNDATION www.baif.org.in n 7.0 Conservation and Management of diverse Local bio-resources Crop Genetic Livestock Non Timber Forest Diversity Diversity Produce & Habitat conservation Dhadgaon BAIF Program Coverage 15 villages MODERATE 94 villages Crops TRANSTION-2 RAINFALL Wardha NTFP ASSURED 5 village Poultry RAINFALL Gaulao cattle NORTH KOKAN EASTERN Gangakhed VIDARBHA Akole 6 villages Jawhar 19 villages Kandhar Etapalli/B’gad/ 11 villages Junner Crops 9 villages Aasti Crops Lalkandhari 6 villages Dangi cattle 23 village NTFP cattle Crops Sangamneri Crops Habitat goat NTFP Berari goat SCARCITY SOUTH TRANSITION-1 KOKAN Kudal WESTERN GHAT Crops Agro-climatic zones of Maharashtra 7.1: Indigenous crops and wild food resource diversity conservation Approach: •Documentation of crop diversity and associated knowledge in diverse agro climatic zones On farm experimentation • Germplasm collection, characterization, evaluation and participatory seed production •In-situ conservation with active involvement of local community •Community level processes including networking, establishing community seed banks and participatory events Community seed production Rice Diversity Exhibitions Community seed Bank Key Achievements: Crop Genetic Diversity Morphological characterization of 226 landraces of 8 crops through 27 in-situ centres. Crop germplasm of 420 accessions of 15 crops and NTFP conserved under cold storage in ex-situ gene bank at Urulikanchan Community level seed production (44.17 MT) of 6 crops covering 49 landraces Application for registration of 53 landraces under PPV & FRA (33 Paddy, 5 Maize, 5 Sorghum, 10 Hyacinth bean) Promotion of worthy landraces of rice (Khadakya, Kalbhat, Ambemohar and Juna 57) through market linkages Promotion of vegetable crops through nutritional/kitchen garden in 5603 families covering 5 tribal clusters Identified 496 seed savers engaged in conservation of local crop diversity. Documentation and collection of pulses diversity (82 accessions) of cow pea, hyacinth bean, peas, red gram, black gram, pigeon pea. Organized 337 events covering exhibitions, trainings, exposure visits, awareness programs and school level events. Documentation: 13 research papers and 38 articles/case studies, 21 seed keepers, 5 Video Documentation. Genetic diversity studies in Rice using molecular markers Objectives Present status To study the genetic diversity • 48 accessions were screened with 4 within and among rice landraces primers using Inter Simple Sequence Repeats (ISSR) markers. • 17 accessions, tissue was grown and To assess the correlation between prepared for DNA extraction morphology and molecular markers Gel showing variation between selected landraces with reference to (GA)8T primer Cluster wise Focused Crops # Districts Clusters Focused Crops 1 Thane Jawhar Rice, Finger Millet, Proso millet and cow pea 2 Nandurbar Dhadgaon Sorghum, Maize, Barnyard Millet and Foxtail Millet 3 Pune Junner Rice 4 Ahmednagar Akole Rice & Hycinth Bean 5 Gadchiroli Etapalli Rice & Hycinth Bean * Conservation and Domestication of wild food Resources at Jawhar, Dhadgaon, Akole and Etapalli clusters Cluster wise Crop germplasm collection of focus crops Cluster wise crop diversity # Crop name Total Jawhar Etapalli Akole Junner Dhadgaon Kudal 1 Rice 56 47 11 13 0 07 134 2 Finger millet 10 0 3 0 0 0 13 3 Proso millet 10 0 2 0 0 0 12 4 Foxtail millet 2 0 0 0 02 0 4 Barnyard 5 0 0 0 0 03 0 3 millet 6 Maize 0 1 0 0 21 0 22 7 Sorghum 01 0 1 0 18 0 20 8 Cowpea 09 2 4 2 03 0 20 9 Hycinth bean 07 16 18 0 02 0 43 10 Vegetables 40 26 36 15 24 0 141 11 Pulses 22 04 21 12 05 0 64 12 Tubers 06 06 6 3 01 5 27 Total 163 102 102 45 79 12 503 Sr Activity Unit Target Target Total achi Cumulative (Y3) (Q3) (Q3) achievement (Q1+Q2+Q3) A Field surveys,Meetings,Visits No of seed a Seed savers 1200 550 317 496 savers b Marketable produce No of families 1500 650 429 560 B Field studies Pulses diversity & b Traditional knowledge No of crops 5 5 10 10(45) associated . C Lab studies & Scientific Evaluation No of crops & 1 Nutritional studies no of 40 40 28 28 landraces Morphological No of crops 3 characterization (Crop No of 8(135) 8(135) 8(225) 8(225) wise) landraces Sr Activity Unit Target Target Total achi Cumulative (Y3) (Q3) evements(achievement Q3) (Q1+Q2+Q3) D In situ conservation actions Establishment of In situ No of centres conservation centres 20 0 0 26 No of landraces Community level seed & Qty of 16 production E seed(Kg) (5500) 16(5500) 36(10850) 36(10850) establishment of Kitchen No of Families F gardens 600 0 0 1479 Establishment of WEP No of nurseries G1 Nursery 5 0 0 0 establishment of Tuber No of centres G2 diversity centre No of species 5(25) 0 0 5(18) H Field trainings No of events & a Crop cultivation method No of parti. 10 0 4(95) 17(438) No of events & b Participatory seed selection No of parti. 10 10 16(234) 20(282) PBR preparation (Cluster c No of villages wise) 5 5 6 8 Sr Activity Unit Target Target Total achi Cumulative (Y3) (Q3) (Q3) achivement( Q1+Q2+Q3) I Field exposure Seed saver group no of exposure & & a to In situ centres No of parti. 10 10 13(325) 13(481) J Organizing events(Cluster level) Village level Seed No of events & No of a exhibitions parti. 10 4 8(241) 15(637) Crop diversity No of events & No of b festival & seed parti. savers meet 5 1 1(67) 5(394) Wild food No of events & No of exhibition parti. 10 2 3(134) 9(368) K Organizing Workshops and Fairs MGB Project level a No of events seed savers meet 1 0 0 0 Cluster level b stalkholders No of events meeting 5 0 0 0 RBM output 1: Scientific and social validation of bio resources. Field Studies : • Study of Pulses diversity in Jawhar(Palghar) and Akole(Ahmednagar)-(10 crops-45 landraces) • Traditional cultivation practices and cropping pattern in Dhadgaon , tribal block of Nandurbar district.(3 crops) • Traditional Knowledge associated with Rice diversity in Four tribal blocks of Maharashtra. • Study of Kadu wal landrace of Hycinth bean in Bitaka village of Akole block, Ahmednagar district RBM output 1: Scientific and social validation of bio resources. Field Level evaluation/Performance studies/Lab studies • Morphological characterization of 225 Landraces of 7 crops (Paddy, Finger Millet, Proso Millet, Maize, sorghum, Cow pea,Hycinth bean) • Performance of 5 different seed storage systems on seed germination of Paddy. • Performance study of Proso millet (Dudhmogra ) in Jawhar Block • Performance study of Paddy(J.Gundi landrace) in Dahanu Block • Nutritional evaluation of grain & straw of Sorghum(10 landraces),Maize(10 landraces),Rice(18 landraces) • To study genetic diversity of Rice (52) landraces using molecular markers. • Design and development of seed storage system for community-based seed banks and marginal farmer RBM output 2: Promotion of validated bioresources •Community level seed production of 36 landraces of 8 crops -10 tons •Community reach for multiplication of selected landraces – 1419 farmers •Promotion of kitchen gardens for vegetable diversity conservation-1479 families •Developed package of practices for Finger millet and proso millet cultivation and trained 125 participants sr Cluster Name of Seed No of No of Area(Acre Seed saver group villages farmers ) production 1 Jawhar Seed saver farmer 15 675 300 arce 16 qtle(10 ) Group 2 Akole Kalsubai parisar 10 300 300 acres 10 qtle(4 ) Sthanik Biyanee savardhan Saimti 3 Junner Kukdeshwar Parisar 6 70 80 acres 25 qtle(8 ) sthanik Biyanee savardhan samiti 4 Dhadga Yaha Mogi mata 15 280 350 acres 55 Qtle on sthanik Biyabnee (12) savardhan samiti 5 Etapalli Seed saver farmer 16 94 10 acres 23 qtle ( 5) Group, Etapalli Output 5 : Conservation of bio resources in gene bank • Established 26 in situ centres and 226 accessions of 9 crops are under conservation at six blocks. • Seed deposition to Ex situ gene bank : 100 accessions of 4 crops. • 5 seed banks having 705 accessions of different crops under conservation Out put 6 :Promotion of bioresources with individual families • Community level seed production of selected landraces • Identified -wild food resources along with its specific data on habitat, edible part, propagation method, present status etc. • Kitchen garden packets (9 species) promotion through kitchen garden in 5 tribal blocks( 4100 packets) Output 7 :Formed and strengthen village level BMC/seed saver groups • 40 seed savers groups formed in five clusters for community led conservation programmes • Established Biyane savardhan samiti (Seed saver committee) in 3 clusters Out put 8 :Collaboration with scientific institutes • MPKV Rahuri – Evaluation of five hycinth bean accessions from Akole cluster. • PPV & FRA ,New Delhi –Data submitted to PPV & FRA regarding seed diversity conservation status in BAIF programmes Output 9 :Dissemination of knowledge • Organized 15 seed exhibitions, wild food recipe competitions , more than farmers1005 attended the events. • Organized 3 days Students –Teachers workshop with CEE at Jawhar along with field exposure( 10 teachers and 20 students participated). • Organized Field trainings for farmers and staff on SRI Cultivation, Organic vegetable cultivation, Participatory Seed production, Also farmer exposures to In situ conservation centres. About 946 participated in these events • Staff training on Morphological characterization of paddy,Hycinth bean, Finger millet organized at Jawhar. Presentation /Participation in Workshops, Conferences,Exhibitions Sr Name of conference/Programme 1 International Agro biodiversity congress ,New Delhi (Oct 2016) 2 “SATVIK 2017”organized by NIF,Ahmedabad Awards & Felicitation National social innovation conference ,Pune international centre,Pune(Nov 2017) sr Name of the Categor Location Innovative idea innovator y 1 Smt. Rahibai Tribal Komblne village Conservation of Soma Popere in Akole Block, agro biodiversity Ahmednagar Dist and wild food resources 2 Mr.