DIVERSIFARM-INDIA: Community seed banks, farmer managed seed systems and farmers' rights

About this project

DIVERSIFARM-India aims to unfold the the potential of community seed banks for food and nutrition security among small farmers in India through the realization of farmers rights. The project activities will inolve mapping of community seed banks in India, analysing how Indian policies and legislations affect the ability to contribute to food and nutrition security, building capacity of seed banks and organizing stakeholder dialogues. The focus will be national while the state of Odisha will be a pilot. Planned outcomes: • Production of a comprehensive overview of community seed banks in India, its institutional, legal and policy environments. • Identified the conditions of success of three selected community seed banks in the case study state of Odisha, in terms of contributing to food and nutrition security and improved livelihoods among small-scale farmers. • Strengthened the capacity of majority of community seed banks and farmers’ associations in Odisha to develop, promote and manage community seed banks within the context of farmers’ rights. • Enabled the institutional environment to improve the impact of community seed banks, by scaling-up good models and mainstreaming such strategies in the mandates of relevant institutions. • Identified the potential for improving national and state policies, legislation, incentive structures and practical measures to unfold the potentials of community seed banks. • Contribution to the national and international efforts to unfold the…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 1No Poverty
• 2Zero Hunger
• 5Gender Equality
• 12Responsible Consumption and Production
• 13Climate Action
• 15Life on Land

Published by

Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation · Government

Countries

India

Sectors

Agricultural policy and administrative management

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Also contributesBiodiversity · Main focus

Funded by

Norwegian Government

Implemented by

FNI - Fridtjof Nansens Institutt

Passes funds through

Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Embassies

Published by Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 3 Sept 2025 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: NO-BRC-971277882-IND-23/0010.

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