Overview:
Traditional varieties in diversity rich orchards of Malihabad getting eroded.
Lack of knowledge, limited interest in non commercial varieties and diversity wealth and conservation and its socio-economic and ecological community. Low priority for the sale of non commercial mango varieties.
Absence of local institutions for on-farm conservation.
Absence of nurseries for non commercial mango variety grafts.
Lack of knowledge about the importance of diversity wealth.
Initiatives
The Society for Conservation of Mango Diversity (SMDC) established with the participation of community members. Community members trained and provided independent platform for participation.
Linkages with marketing people, training and website on unique varieties
Awareness through diversity fairs and meetings
Proper harvesting, ripening and handling along with sale in selected urban markets
Establishment of community nurseries and involving nurseries outside the communities SCMD played key role in initiation of the process.
Outcome
Community members mediated documentation of unique mango varieties.
Diversity fairs and awareness meetings attracted stakeholders
Sale of non-commercial varieties started in urban markets
Better price obtained due to proper harvesting, ripening and handling urban markets
Community nurseries and outside community nursery produced more than 10000 grafts of non commercial varieties. Community varieties multiplied and planted in multi variety orchards.
Impact
Farmers bagged price in national and regional diversity fairs.
Grafted plants of farmers’ varieties available in community nursery.
34 farmers and community varieties submitted to PPV&FRA for registration.
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