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Saving Seed Saving Rice

Saving Seed, Saving Rice the short documentary created focus to Saving local rice, local seed, corporates aggression to agriculture, food security, bed effects of chemical fertilizer and pesticide. It says the story of Naya Krishi Andolon ( New Agriculture Movement ). In the inspirational activism and mobilization of farmers to save rice and seed past, present and future of culture has been said through interviews farmers and leaders. However its having the song on movement composed by the farmer themselves. With the communal spirit they are now united and build a community seed bank Bijar Akhra. In the seed bank they saved more than 3000 local species of rice and 700 species of local vegetable seeds.

Thousands of Bangladeshi farmers are now involved and inspired, not to use hybrid, fertilizer and pesticide. The farmers are now cultivating local species with original eco-friendly agricultural system.


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Script and Direction: Shahjahan Siraj
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