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Rice fields of India host valuable, but disappearing, wild edibles

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Rice fields across India host a variety of wild, edible plants that Indigenous communities value for their nutritional and medicinal properties. But these “weeds” are rapidly disappearing. To revive them, some individuals and organizations in the country are making efforts to document and preserve their diversity, reports contributor Sharmila Vaidyanathan for Mongabay India. For instance, Sreedevi Lakshmikutty, co-founder of Bio Basics, an organ…

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Rice fields of India host valuable, but disappearing, wild edibles

Rice fields across India host a variety of wild, edible plants that Indigenous communities value for their nutritional and medicinal properties. But these “weeds” are rapidly disappearing. To revive them, some individuals and organizations in the country are making efforts to document and preserve their diversity, reports contributor Sharmila Vaidyanathan for Mongabay India. For instance, Sreedevi Lakshmikutty, co-founder of Bio Basics, an organ…

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The Forgotten Greens Revolution: How India’s Indigenous Communities Are Leading the Charge to Save Wild Edibles! - Commonwealth Union

(Commonwealth_India) Rice fields across India are home to a diverse range of wild, edible plants that Indigenous communities deeply value for both their nutritional and medicinal properties. However, this unique diversity of plants, often dismissed as “weeds,” is rapidly disappearing due to various modern agricultural practices and changing land uses. In response to this threat, a growing number of individuals and organizations are making effort…

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